A US serviceman was sentenced to five years in prison for kidnapping and raping an underage girl last year, an official from Naha District Court on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa told CNN Friday.

A Japanese court on Friday found a U.S. airman guilty of the abduction and rape of a 15-year-old Okinawa girl and sentenced him to five years in prison.

A U.S. airman stationed in Japan was sentenced to five years in prison Friday after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor.

A Japanese court sentenced a U.S. airman to five years in prison with hard labor immediately after convicting him of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on Okinawa.

Brennon Washington’s case also sparked criticism as local police and Tokyo did not disclose the incident to the Okinawa government.