On Thursday morning, Bantleman’s wife Tracy, who also taught at the school, provided Global News with a statement in response to her husband’s conviction. It has 2,400 students aged three to 18 from about 60 countries. The school is attended by children of foreign diplomats, expatriates and Indonesia’s elite.
Their lawyers have called their verdicts unfair and have vowed to appeal. The janitors have been sentenced to up to eight years in prison following their separate but related trial. “We’ve been kind of bracing for this result but once you actually hear it, it’s kind of a different level.”īantleman’s family has pointed out that Bantleman and Tjiong were only arrested after the parents of one of the alleged child victims failed in their efforts to reach a financial settlement with the school over alleged abuse by school janitors. “I think it’s almost surreal to a point,” said Guy Bantleman. READ MORE: 12-year jail term sought for Canadian teacher charged in Indonesian child sex caseĪfter hearing about the verdict, Bantleman’s brother spoke with Global News and said the family is shocked.
Prosecutors had been asking for a 12 year term.īantleman, of Burlington, Ont., and Ferdinant Tjiong, were arrested in July 2014 and accused of sexually abusing three young children at a prestigious international school. The court sentenced the teacher to ten years in prison. TORONTO – A judge in Indonesia has found Canadian teacher Neil Bantleman guilty on child sex charges. Send this page to someone via email email.
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