Albania charges Briton with child sex abuse .  TIRANA 1996-08-27  Albanian authorities have arrested and charged a British man for sexually abusing two young boys , a Tirana prosecutor said on Tuesday .  " We have arrested him and charged him with these shameful acts of sex abuse of little children , " prosecutor Adnan Xhelili told Reuters .  Xhelili said Paul Thompson , 34 , from Wiltshire , was arrested on Sunday in a hotel in the Adriatic resort of Durres , 45 km ( 30 miles ) west of Tirana .  Thompson has denied the charges .  He could face up to five years in jail if convicted .  Xhelili said Thompson , who is divorced , said he befriended the boys , both aged under 10 , because they reminded him of his own children who live with his former wife in London .  The prosecutor 's office said no date had yet been set for a trial to begin as investigations had first to be completed .  The British embassy in [START_ENT] Tirana [END_ENT] said it had sent an embassy official to talk to Thompson who is being held in jail .  The age of consent for heterosexual and homosexual sex in Albania is 14 .  A large number of destitute children can be seen begging in the streets of impoverished Albania , especially in towns and resorts visited by foreigners .
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