The Naha District Court in Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday sentenced a U.S. Marine Corps major to a suspended one-year prison term for attempted molestation and property destruction -- even though his accuser wanted all charges against him dropped.
Prosecutors had demanded a three-year prison term for Maj. Michael Brown, 41, on charges of attempting to rape the alleged victim, a Filipino woman, and of destroying her property.
But presiding Judge Nobuyuki Yokota instead found the defendant guilty of attempted molestation and property damage, suspending his sentence for three years.