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A US soldier based in South Korea has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a teenager near his base.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 21-year-old broke into the studio room of the woman and carried out a sexual attack lasting several hours, threatening her with scissors.<\/p>\n

The judge called it a “violent and abnormal assault”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sentence was one of the longest given to a US soldier in South Korea<\/strong>. US government and military officials have apologised publicly for the rape.<\/p>\n

Crimes committed by US soldiers in the past have sparked public protests against the American military presence in South Korea.<\/p>\n

The soldier, whose name has not been made public, attacked the 18-year-old in the early hours of 24 September.<\/p>\n

He broke into her room near the his base in Dongducheon city.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The court said the soldier had also stolen 5,000 won ($4.50; \u00a32.80) from the woman before he fled.<\/p>\n

America has more than 28,000 troops stationed in South Korea – a legacy from the 1950-53 Korean War.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The BBC’s Lucy Williamson in Seoul says much of the public anger over their presence surrounds the question of who has jurisdiction to try them in criminal cases.<\/p>\n

The military pact between the two countries states that America has jurisdiction to try its South Korea-based soldiers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But military officials say in recent years they have honoured every request from the South Korean authorities to try American personnel accused of serious crimes, our correspondent adds.<\/p>\n

The heaviest sentence handed down by a South Korean court was for a US soldier convicted of murder in the early 1990s. He was jailed for life, but later had his sentenced commuted and was freed in 2006.<\/p>\n

Way to represent the American military!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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