Briefly: U.S. Marine gets 4 years confinement

NAHA--A U.S. Marine was sentenced to four years confinement Friday for abusive sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl at a general court-martial at Camp Foster near here.

Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38, will only serve three years in prison.

As part of a pretrial agreement, Hadnott received a one-year reduction and had four other charges, including rape of a child under the age of 16, dropped.

He was also reduced in rank to private and given a dishonorable discharge.

Hadnott was arrested by Okinawa prefectural police in February for the alleged rape in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture. He was released after the girl dropped her complaint, but the U.S. military picked up the case.(IHT/Asahi: May 17,2008)