UNITED STATES CRIME American national given lengthy jail term for child sex tourism offence in Haiti
Aug 02, 2013
MIAMI, CMC – A 68-year-old American has been sentenced to 165 years in jail, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, after he was found guilty of child sex tourism offences in Haiti.
Acting United States Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman, said Matthew Andrew Carter, 68, also known as “William Charles Harcourt” and “Bill Carter” was sentenced by US District Judge Joan A. Lenard of the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday.
Raman said that on February 28, a jury found Carter guilty of five counts of “traveling in foreign commerce” from the United States to Haiti “for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with children” and one count of attempting to do so.
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