Japan jails US marine for seven years for sexual assault in Okinawa - Lance Corporal Jamel Clayton sentenced for attack on woman in her 20s ...

A three-judge panel presided over by Judge Kazuhiko Obata and accompanied by six lay judges convicted Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton, 22, of Ohio, of non-consensual sexual intercourse resulting in injury.

The Naha District Court said Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton, 22, of Ohio, was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison in the case.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton seen here in 2024. 3rd Marine Division. 5. US soldiers wait for US President Joe Biden to arrive at the US Marine Corps base in Iwakuni on May 18, 2023.

Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton, 22, of Ohio, was found guilty of attacking a woman in her 20s in a village on the main Okinawa island in May 2024.

Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton found guilty of injuring a woman while attempting to rape her. Anadolu staff | 25.06.2025 - Update : 25.06.2025 . ANKARA.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton executes a close-quarters combat drill during Warrior Shield 24 at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, Pocheon, South Korea, March 7, 2024.

A court in Japan has sentenced a US marine to seven years in prison after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in Okinawa last year. Lance Cpl Jamel Clayton, 22, attacked the woman in her ...