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May 15
2008

Jobless man faces rape charges after having sex with 12-year-old girl at hotel

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NARITA, Chiba -- An unemployed man standing trial for a sex-related crime faces rape charges after he lured a 12-year-old girl into having sex with him at a hotel, police said Thursday.

Local police are poised to serve a fresh arrest warrant, accusing the 52-year-old resident of Narita of rape. Investigators will grill the man, whose name was not immediately disclosed, over allegations that he was involved in other similar crimes.

In February this year, the man asked a girl who is a member of a social networking service to introduce a friend to him, according to local police. At his request, the girl, an acquaintance of his, posted a message on the site's bulletin board saying, "I know a man who is willing to give you money."

The suspect took a 12-year-old girl, who sent an e-mail to his mobile phone after seeing the message, to a hotel where he paid her tens of thousands of yen to have sex with him, investigators allege.

Under the Penal Code, sexual contact with girls aged below 13 constitutes rape regardless of whether they consent to such acts.

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