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Last Updated: October 4, 2004 |
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bbc news (uk edition)
October 4, 2004: A British man has been jailed for having sex with two men in Morocco - where homosexuality is illegal.
Kenneth Watson, 66, was caught having sex with an 18-year-old Moroccan man and a 16-year-old boy, the British Embassy in Rabat said.
Homosexuality is banned in the north African kingdom but it is a popular destination for sex tourists.
The 18-year-old was also jailed for a year. Watson is appealing against his sentence, an embassy spokesman said.
The 16-year-old was released because he was a minor, he added.
The Associated Press news agency reported that Watson was also ordered to pay a fine of 500 dirham, about �31, on the misdemeanor charge.
The maximum jail sentence was three years.
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