Breaking: Former child psychiatrist jailed for sexual abuse of patients
Benjamin Wen has ben sentenced in the District Court of WA for sexually abusing young patients. (ABC News: Anne Barnetson)
A former Perth child psychiatrist who sexually abused his young patients and later filmed boys in public toilets has been sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison.
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Benjamin Wen, 52, touched the boys’ genitals on the pretext of conducting “puberty checks” he said were routine at his clinic in Cockburn, in Perth's south, between 2012 and 2016.
Benjamin Wen pictured during his trial earlier this year. (ABC News: David Weber)
Wen was found guilty in the WA District Court in April of multiple charges, including indecent dealing with a child under 13, and persistent sexual conduct with a child under 16.
In 2017, he was given a suspended sentence for making videos of boys urinating in public toilets.
Wen, who was previously known as Aaron Voon, had made the videos in Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Perth.
Parents of boys who had been Wen's patients contacted WA Police following the publicity surrounding that case.
During sentencing submissions on Monday, the court heard Wen had been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, neuralgia, ASD, PTSD and OCD, and his time in prison would be harder than it would be for a "normal prisoner".
Wen's lawyer, Patti Chong, said Wen was likely to experience "disproportionately more suffering" and his mobility was "vastly impaired".
Wen will need to serve eight years and six months behind bars before being eligible for parole.
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