Businessman (44) rapes girl (15) on Swiss plane - convicted
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A 44-year-old businessman has been convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl during a Swiss flight. The case demonstrates the application of the new criminal law on sexual offenses.

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  • MudMan@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    You seem to be factually wrong. Every source quotes the crimes he was found guilty of as “rape and sexual acts with a child”, in quotes. “Sexually assaulted” seems to be an informal description chosen by the journalist, as it’s not quoted.

    That is a pretty strong reaction to correct the record on something where you seem to be wrong yourself. I’m gonna agree with the other commenter here that you may want to think about why that is.

    For the record, if you wanted to be mad about the headline, the most misleading portion is that he was not fined, he was given a year and a half prison sentence that will not require him to go to prison for procedural reasons. Also, he spent five months incarcerated during the trial which, as is common in Europe and other places, is counted towards his sentence once found guilty.

    Still a surprisingly lenient sentence given the crime. For reference, where I am the rape would get him 1-4 years, so he could have been in this situation where I am with a lenient judge, but the underage victim would get him at least two years and there’s no avoiding jail with that big of a sentence. I have no idea how Swiss laws are formulated here.