Alleged sex predator Peter Scully to escape Philippines death penalty if convicted

By Lindsay Murdoch
Updated March 9 2017 - 1:06pm, first published March 8 2017 - 2:41pm
People ride past the Cagayan De Oro City Jail where Australian man Peter Scully is being held. Peter Scully has been charged with child sex abuse and human trafficking crimes. Cagayan De Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines. 19th September, 2016. Photo: Kate Geraghty Photo: Kate Geraghty
People ride past the Cagayan De Oro City Jail where Australian man Peter Scully is being held. Peter Scully has been charged with child sex abuse and human trafficking crimes. Cagayan De Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines. 19th September, 2016. Photo: Kate Geraghty Photo: Kate Geraghty

Alleged Australian child sex predator Peter Scully will escape the death penalty if convicted despite what police say were the most shocking cases of child murder, torture and abuse they have ever seen in the Philippines.

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