Three men accused of raping and killing a 35-year-old widow in Russey Keo district earlier this year were tried by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday.

So Sam Oeun, 42, Nuth Neth, 21, and Hean Mean, 33, all face charges of aggravated intentional murder for the gang rape and killing last April of Oeun Em, a palm wine seller, presiding judge Kor Vandy said yesterday.

“They entered into the victim’s rental room while she was sleeping alone on April 13 at midnight. They each forcibly raped her successfully, and after, they killed her by breaking her neck,” he alleged.

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Source: (The Phnom Penh Post – October 11, 2013)