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Australian pleads not guilty to child abuse in Philippines
Gerard Peter Scully of Australia (L), accused of raping and trafficking two girls in the Philippines, arrives at a court for his arraignment in Cagayan de Oro City, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on June 16, 2015
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span class="caption">Gerard Peter Scully of Australia (L), accused of raping and trafficking two girls in the Philippines, arrives at a court for his arraignment in Cagayan de Oro City, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on June 16, 2015. Scully, who is accused of repeatedly raping the two teenage girls, who were found naked and chained in his apartment bedroom in the southern port last year, pleaded not guilty on June 16, court officials said.(AFP)
An Australian man and his Filipino girlfriend have pleaded not guilty to charges of raping and trafficking two girls aged 9 and 12 in a southern Philippine city.
Cagayan de Oro City Prosecutor Fidel Macauyag says Peter Gerald Scully and Carme Ann Alvarez were arraigned Tuesday on five counts of rape through sexual assault and one count of child trafficking. The trafficking charge is not bailable.
According to Macauyag, Alvarez invited the two girls to the couple's apartment, where they were allegedly held and abused for three days in September 2014 before they escaped and reported what had happened to their parents and the police.
Macauyag says Scully is also under investigation in the death of a girl whose remains were found inside his house in another southern province. (iik)(++++)
