Man, 90, charged with child rape
A 90-year-old Australian man has been arrested in Thailand and charged with raping and sexually abusing four young sisters, one of them as young as five, police said today.
Officers said Karl Joseph Kraus allegedly lured the children, now aged seven to 14, to his home with imported chocolates and English lessons. The alleged abuse started two years ago.
A district police chief, Kritapol Yeesakorn, said Kraus was arrested yesterday at his home near the northern city of Chiang Mai, where police confiscated indecent photographs of about 100 children.
Police said today that they were investigating whether Kraus was part of a larger paedophilia network.
