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	Two Argentine judges are under fire after cutting the sentence of a paedophile in half on the grounds that his six-year-old victim was gay.</p>
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	Describing the now 11-year-old as having a &ldquo;homosexual orientation&rdquo;, appeal court judges Horacio Piombo and Benjam&iacute;n Sal Llargu&eacute;s decided to cut the prison sentence for Mario Tolosa from six years to three, as they felt his victim was &ldquo;accustomed to sexual behaviour&rdquo; following years of abuse by his father.</p>
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	&ldquo;It cannot be considered abuse when a boy is used to being abused in his home and is accustomed to sexual behaviour and has a homosexual orientation,&rdquo; they said in their ruling.</p>
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	Calls to impeachment the judges have spread across the country after the verdict came to light last week.</p>
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	Justice Piombo defended the decision on Monday, saying that before Mr Tolosa molested the boy, the child had already suffered &ldquo;the initiation by his father into the worst of worlds, leading him to depravation.&rdquo;</p>
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	The judge said that as a result of that experience, the boy had showed &ldquo;signs of a transvestite conduct, of conduct we had to take into account.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
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	Adding that Mr Tolosa&rsquo;s actions could not be considered &ldquo;gravely outrageous&rdquo; in legal terms because his victim was already &ldquo;making a precocious choice&rdquo; about his sexuality.</p>
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	The ruling dates from last year but become public last week as prosecutors at Buenos Aires&rsquo; Supreme Court decided to appeal the verdict.</p>
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	The Argentine Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Trans have demanded the judges be removed from the bench, saying the ruling placed the victim &quot;in the position of a suspect&quot;.</p>
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	Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said the ruling was &quot;an embarrassment&quot;.</p>
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	&quot;It&#39;s repugnant to say that the presumed sexual orientation of an abused six-year-old boy is a reason to reduce the sentence of the abuser,&quot; he added.</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/world-news/child-abuser-has-sentence-halved-as-judges-rule-sixyearold-victim-was-gay-31241346.html">http://www.independent.ie/world-news/child-abuser-has-sentence-halved-as-judges-rule-sixyearold-victim-was-gay-31241346.html</a></p>
