https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/outrage-as-eight-of-nine-men-convicted-of-park-gangrape-15yearold-in-germany-receive-no-prison-time/news-story/353bcbf9437ea62eea0ee3c6cc0c2cc7Outrage as eight of nine men convicted of park gang rape of a 15-year-old in Germany receive no prison time
Eight men who gangraped a 15-year-old will walk free, after an expert made some eyebrow-raising suggestions.
Eight out of nine young men convicted of gang-raping a heavily intoxicated 15-year-old girl in a Hamburg city park will not face prison time, in a verdict that has sparked widespread outrage in Germany and threats against the judge and lawyers involved in the case.
Hamburg Regional Court last week sentenced a 19-year-old to a youth prison sentence of two years and nine months without parole, while youth sentences of one to two years’ probation, or so-called pre-parole, were imposed on eight men, Spiegel reported.
A tenth defendant was acquitted.
Of the eight who escaped prison time, four of the youth sentences were suspended on probation with strict conditions and “instructions for educational support”, while a decision on enforcement of the other four youth sentences was deferred for six months.
The judgments are not yet final.
The 10 accused had been charged with raping the girl during a two-and-a-half-hour ordeal on the night of September 19, 2020.
An eleventh defendant, who was charged with aiding and abetting and filming the rape, was acquitted in April this year.
The girl had attended a party in the park, which had become a popular meeting area during Covid, on the day of the attack.
According to prosecutors, four of the men led the girl, who had a blood-alcohol level of at least 0.16 per cent, into a bush and performed sexual acts on her against her will.
One of them stole her mobile phone and wallet.
