30 Oct 2018

Troy Skinner could face life in prison in US

From Morning Report, 7:35 am on 30 October 2018

A New Zealand man who travelled to Virginia in the United States and tried to break into the home of a fourteen-year-old girl he met online has appeared in court to face federal charges. Troy Skinner was shot by the girl's mother as he broke a window to get into the house in June. He was orginally charged under state law in the Goochland District Court with intent to rape. But those charges were dropped as the FBI pressed its own charges. Talking to Susie Ferguson is Matt Demlein from the Richmond Virginia Radio Station WRVA.