Nepalese court sentences ‘Buddha Boy’ in sexual assault case
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FILE - Ram Bahadur Bamjan, center in white, is surrounded by Buddhist monks in Nijgadh town, south of Katmandu, Nepal, Nov. 12, 2008. FILE - Ram Bahadur Bamjan looks on in Nijgadh town, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Nov. 12, 2008.
The "Buddha Boy,” thought by some to be the reincarnation of the Buddha, was sentenced by a Nepalese court to 10 years in prison Monday for sexually assaulting an underage girl, according to a court official.
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