He called the perpetrator of the attack on the teenage girl a dishonest rapist pig, he is behind bars for "hate".
In 2020, nine men, in four groups, raped a 15-year-old girl in a park, but the German court released eight of them on parole. Outraged by this, a young woman from Hamburg wrote to one of the perpetrators that he was a "dishonest rapist pig". The woman has now been sentenced by the court.
A 20-year-old Hamburg woman will spend a weekend in jail after she made "hateful" comments to a criminal involved in the gang-rape of a 15-year-old girl.
The woman is just one of 140 people who have been investigated for making "offensive comments" about rapists, reports The Publica.
The terrible attack took place in 2020, when several groups of men independently attacked a 15-year-old girl in Hamburg's Stadtpark during one night. The park became a favorite haunt of young people during the COVID-19 closures, and the girl was staying there with her friends, the German RND reported on the incident.
The teenagers dispersed after police combed the park. The girl was separated from her friends when four men attacked her. The men took turns raping the girl and took her wallet and mobile phone before leaving her.
Traumatized and confused by the first attack, and unable to call for help, she was attacked a second time by two other men who took advantage of her vulnerable state.
The attackers invited other men to rape them through their chat groups and gleefully shared the news that a teenager was alone in a dark park with no witnesses.
The girl was attacked a third time by a man, then a fourth time by three other men who dragged her into a bush and sexually assaulted her. Finally, the girl managed to break free and ran away, although her rapists chased her. He managed to stumble across people who recognized his traumatized state and immediately called the police.
A total of 11 men were initially charged, but two were quickly acquitted due to a lack of DNA evidence. The police identified the sperm of nine men on the victim's body.
Five of the men had German passports, the others were not German citizens. The rapists included a Pole, an Egyptian, a Libyan, a Kuwaiti, an Iranian, an Armenian, an Afghan, a Syrian and a Montenegrin, reports Publica. The men had a team of 20 defense attorneys.
The first and third rape videos were recorded by the attackers and shared with friends via WhatsApp, but the videos were deleted before the case could be heard in court. Witnesses who saw the footage before it was deleted testified that it clearly showed sexual violence.
However, despite the DNA and WhatsApp evidence, eight of the nine convicted men were released on parole.
The ninth was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison without parole.
The case sparked outrage in Germany, both because of the brutality of the rape and the light sentences given to the rapists. As a result, the identity and phone number of one of the men were leaked.
Enraged by the news of the incident, a 20-year-old woman from Hamburg sent a message to the number via WhatsApp. The unnamed woman called the man a "dishonest rapist pig" and a "disgusting pervert". He added: "Aren't you ashamed when you look in the mirror?"
The rapist then reported the woman to the police, who was charged with sending offensive messages.
The woman has now been convicted and will spend a weekend in jail for her comments.
The woman apologized in court for her comments, saying she acted "out of reflex" after hearing the disgusting details of the incident.
According to the Hamburger Abendblatt, however, this woman is not the only one who may face a sentence for insulting the rapists. Hamburg authorities are reportedly investigating 140 people for "insulting, threatening or otherwise discriminating" against the Stadtpark predators.
Cover image: The rapists were sentenced only conditionally
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