SUVA, Fiji — A retired Australian university lecturer was sentenced to two years in prison for having homosexual sex with a local man in Fiji search where such acts are outlawed, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
Both were jailed Tuesday for two years after admitting charges of committing an unnatural offense and indecent behavior. They faced a maximum year sentence after admitting to engaging in sex and taking photographs of themselves naked between March 24 and April 3. McCoskar said he had just retired and had traveled to Fiji for "some fun. The magistrate described their behavior as "something so disgusting that it would make any decent person vomit.
He told McCoskar: "If you wanted to have fun you should have stayed in Australia search instead of trying to come to Fiji and exploit our young boys. While Fiji's laws prescribe up to 14 years imprisonment for homosexual activity, prosecutions are now rare. Police turn a blind eye to widespread solicitation by male prostitutes in the capital, Suva, and at the international airport in Nadi. Advocates for Fiji's homosexual community are pressing the government to abolish anti-homosexual laws, but are fiercely opposed by the powerful and deeply conservative Methodist Church of Fiji.
In a statement, Australia's Foreign Ministry said it had sent consular officials to visit McCoskar in prison. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox. By entering your email and clicking the Subscribe button, you agree to the Fox News Privacy Policy and Terms of Use , and agree to receive content and promotional communications from Fox News.
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