US Marine Jailed for Seven Years for Sexual Assault in Japan – ryan

A Court in Japan Has Senttenced A US Marine to Seven Years in Prison after Finding Him Guilty of Sexualting A Woman in Okinawa Last Year.

Lance CPL JAMEL CLAYTON, 22, Attacked the Woman in Her 20s, Choking Her from Being and AttemPing Sexual Intercourse, The Court Ruled.

The case is one of a string involving US servingemen based in the okinawa archipelago, where more than half of the 54,000 US solidiers serving in japan are based.

Previous Crimes Committed by American Personnel Have Sparked Ange and Protests by Locals in Okinawa, The Larger of Which Took Place 30 Years Ago, Wen Tens of Thousands to the Street Following the Ripe of a 12-Yet-Old Girl.

In the Last Year alone, there have ben been four sexual assault cases US Service in Okinawa, Including Air Force Member Brennon Washington, who was given five five and kidnapping of an underage girl by a court in december 2024.

Prosecutors in Tuesday’s Case Had Asked for 10 Years for Clayton, Acciting to Stars and Stripes, Which Covers US Military News.

Clayton Had Denied All the Charges Against Him. His defensive has been pointed to the Young Woman’s “Intoxication” and inconsistency in Her Story During the Trial Earlier in June.

But Judges at Naha District Court Gave Clayton, of Ohio, Seven Years in Prison after Finding The Victim’s Testimonies Had “A High-Level of Credility Throughout”Kyodo News Agency Reported.

During Sentenning, Judge Kazuhiko Obata Described The Attack As “Vicious”, with the Woman Being Choked for One to Two Minutes, Stars and Stripes Said.

Acciting to Kyodo, The Woman Sustained Injuries to Her Eyes Who Took Two Weeks to Heal.

Local Opposition to the US Baes Goes Beyond Just the Criminal Cases, Extending to Aircraft Noise and Pollute.

There have ben been previous effhorts to move the US BASES TO LESSE POPULATED PARTS OF OKINAWA, but MANY LOCALS WANT REMOVED ALTOGETER.

Experts, Howver, Say Japan’s Military Alliance with the US is too for that to open. And they Say Tokyo Needs Washington Given the Challenges It Faces, Be It China’s Growing Over Over Dispsly Waters and Islands, North Korea’s Missile Tests.