Mass. man convicted on child porn charges

BOSTON, June 10 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts man caught with videos of himself raping young girls in Southeast Asia was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Tuesday, prosecutors said.

William H. Constable, 54, of Nantucket pleaded guilty March 11 to producing, transporting and possessing child pornography, the U.S. attorney's office said in a news release. He also is to pay a $50,000 fine, forfeit property and will be supervised for the rest of his life once he is released from prison.

Constable admitted he filmed himself having sexual intercourse with at least 30 prepubescent girls, prosecutors said. His travel records show he made visits to Thailand, Cambodia or Vietnam every year for the past 14 years, with the exception of 1995.

Constable's crimes were discovered when staff at a hotel in the Barnstable, Mass., area reported to authorities finding suspected child pornography on a digital camera. Constable was arrested when he later returned to the hotel to reclaim the camera.

Constable, who has been in federal custody since Oct. 25 was alleged to have sexually assaulted girls as young as approximately 7 years old, prosecutors said. Authorities recovered from his home dozens of camcorder cassettes and DVDs containing child pornography he produced of himself raping Asian children.