The district court in the Austrian capital of Vienna recognized eight refugees from Iraq guilty of gang rape. About it reports on Thursday, March 2, the news Agency APA.
They are sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 9 to 13 years. Judge Peter Pasulka bear’s verdict, explained that in the case of too few mitigating circumstances. In particular, only two of the defendants cooperated with the investigation, and the confession only wrote one of the criminals.
According to the Agency, the convicts were shocked by the verdict, as under Austrian law the maximum sentence for aggravated rape is 15 years. They have all expressed their intention to appeal the court’s decision.
5 December 2016 in Germany arrested a migrant from Afghanistan, a suspect in the rape and murder of 19-year-old daughter of a senior official of the European Commission. The victim studied at the University of Freiburg at the doctor, and in his spare time worked as a volunteer in a shelter for refugees.