Convicted British paedophile caught preying on young boys in Cambodia was travelling on passport UK authorities should have confiscated

• Richard William Fruin, 36, assaulted three brothers aged eight, 10 and 11
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• He was working as English teacher in Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh
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• Entered Cambodia on passport which should have been confiscated

Daily Mail (UK) | 31 March 2014 

A notorious British paedophile who was sent to prison for two years in Cambodia for sexually assaulting three young boys, was travelling on a passport that UK authorities should have confiscated.

Richard William Fruin, 36, originally from Gloucestershire was found guilty and jailed by Judge Kim Rathnarin of committing indecent acts against three brothers aged eight, 10 and 11.

He was working as an English teacher at the Universal English School in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh when he was arrested with one of the boys at a guesthouse in the city.

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Richard William Fruin, 36, from Gloucestershire was found guilty by Judge Kim Rathnarin of committing indecent acts against three brothers aged eight, 10 and 11

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He was working as an English teacher at the Universal English School in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh when he was arrested with one of the boys at a guesthouse in the city

But he was only able to enter Cambodia because he was holding a passport issued to him at the British High Commission in Malaysia.

Fruin was arrested in the UK in 2005 and charged with 15 counts of producing indecent images of children, but skipped bail and fled the country. 

 

According to Action Pour Les Enfants, an anti-paedophile organisation, while on the run Fruin travelled to Africa and then to South East Asia before returning to Britain in 2012.

On his return he was re-arrested and sentenced to a year in prison, on completion of which he flew to Cambodia and immediately started work as a teacher.

He travelled to Cambodia despite being on the Sex Offenders Register, requiring him to inform police if he left the country. 

A spokesman for Her Majesty's Passport Office said they did not comment on individual cases. 

He added: 'We rely on law enforcement ­agencies to advise us of any ­information that would prevent an individual being entitled to a ­passport.'