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FILE–Thailand’s first Olympic gold medalist Somluck Kamsing runs with the torch during the Beijing Olympic Torch relay in Bangkok on April 19, 2008. AFP PHOTO / Pornchai KITTIWONGSAKUL

A Thai court on Thursday sentenced the country’s first Olympic gold medalist to just over three years in prison for the abduction and attempted rape of a teenager.

Somluck Kamsing, now 52, became a national hero when he won featherweight boxing gold at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

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The Khon Kaen provincial court found Somluck guilty of child abduction for molestation and attempted rape, before granting him an appeal and bail.

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“For attempted rape by force and taking a person over the age of 15 but not over 18 for the purpose of indecency, the first defendant’s actions constitute a single offence that violates multiple laws,” a court statement said.

The event was done in a ceremony in Malacañang.

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Somluck filed a request for bail, which the court granted at 300,000 baht ($9,000) while he pursues his appeal.

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The court ordered him to pay $5,000 in damages.

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A 17-year-old girl filed a complaint in December 2023 against Somluck saying he had assaulted her in a hotel in Khon Kaen, a city in the kingdom’s northeast.

Somluck, who also won boxing titles at the 1994 and 1998 Asian Games in Hiroshima and Bangkok respectively, denied the allegations.

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Police confirmed local media reports at the time that Somluck met the teenager at a bar, where they stayed until 3:00 am, before the incident took place.

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