Scott Ritter sex chat trial opens

Wed Apr 13, 2011

BBC News

The trial of a former UN weapons inspector who is facing charges of unlawful sexual contact with a minor has opened in Pennsylvania.

Prosecutors said on Tuesday that Scott Ritter, an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, had a sexually graphic online chat in 2009 with an undercover police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl.

Mr Ritter's lawyer said his client did not think he was speaking with a minor.

If convicted, the 49-year-old could face up to seven years in prison.

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