February 27, 2013

Two U.S. sailors at their trial in Okinawa’s Naha City on February 26 admitted to their charge that they had raped a Japanese woman last October.

Seaman Christopher Browning, 24, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Skyler Dozierwalker, 23, in the early hours of October 16 last year allegedly raped a Japanese woman in her 20s on a street on mainland Okinawa. Browning has also been under indictment for robbing the victim of her cash.

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Two sentenced jail terms

The Naha District Court on March 1 sentenced Browning and Dozierwalker to 10 years and 9 years imprisonment respectively.


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