SA pedophile Geoffrey William Moyle voluntarily pays Cambodian former child sex slave $84,000 for abusing her in overseas brothel

He was a foreign aid worker, she was a helpless child sex slave – now this SA man has agreed to pay his former victim more than $80,000 compensation.

A former child sex slave has been paid $84,000 compensation by the Adelaide pedophile and foreign aid worker who repeatedly abused her – all without having to file a lawsuit.

In an Australian legal first, Geoffrey William Moyle has surrendered to a Cambodian woman’s request that he make financial reparations in addition to serving time behind bars.

He has voluntarily paid her the equivalent of 259 million Cambodian riel – understood to be the single largest payment made by a foreigner to a child sex slave in that country’s history.

On Monday, Heath Barklay SC, for Moyle, asked the District Court to “give great weight” to that payment when determining Moyle’s inevitable prison term.

He argued it could be seen as both a sign of Moyle’s remorse and a reason to show mercy to his client – by reducing the length of his non-parole period.

Moyle has admitted sexually abusing children in Cambodia over a three-year period and publishing child exploitation material online. Picture: Supplied

“He should get full credit for the steps he has taken to compensate his victim … he really is doing everything he can to rehabilitate himself,” Mr Barklay said.

“This court should want to encourage people to take the same course that Moyle has taken and compensate people whenever possible.

“It should take the view this compensation was very generous and reflects his contrition, remorse and good prospects for rehabilitation.”

Moyle, 47, of Westbourne Park, pleaded guilty to sexually abusing child slaves held in Cambodian brothels over a three-year period.

At that time, he worked as a manager in poverty alleviation and economic progress in developing countries.

Moyle filmed his acts and then shared them with others online – those videos secured his arrest, identifying him by the distinctive “skin tag” or growth on his inner thigh.

Moyle, centre, has been in custody since his arrest in June 2019. Picture: 10 News

In January, the Cambodian woman made legal history by asking the court to order compensation as part of Moyle’s sentence.

Though Commonwealth law permits such a decision, no overseas person had ever made such an application.

The woman’s lawyers said ordering compensation was preferable to her launching an expensive civil lawsuit, as many Australian victims do after a court case.

On Monday, Mr Barklay said Moyle – who consented to the freezing his assets – had “already made” the payment voluntarily.

He asked Judge Paul Cuthbertson to unfreeze Moyle’s other assets, now that negotiations with the victim’s lawyers had concluded.

“It’s very much to my client’s credit that he did engage with solicitors for the victim and that he did engage with them meaningfully,” Mr Barklay said.

“The reparation is very much a matter on which Your Honour can rely, in conjunction with other evidence, to extend mercy to Moyle in the setting of his non-parole period.”

Judge Cuthbertson remanded Moyle in custody for sentencing in August.