Kathmandu -
A Canadian man began his jail term in Nepal on Monday after being convicted of sexually assaulting a disabled boy, police said.
“Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh has been sent to Nakku Jail, starting today, where he will serve a seven-year term,” said Pawan Giri, a police officer from Lalitpur District, where the trial took place.
MacIntosh was also fined 1 million rupees (10 000 dollars), he said.
The Lalitpur District Court on Sunday convicted the 71-year-old, after he was arrested in December for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old disabled boy at a welfare centre in the district.
Police said he offered the boy gifts and the possibility of a prosthetic arm before assaulting him.
Sapa-dpa