2023-09-22 17:01:31
Styria. The 25-year-old Turkish-born defendant, who appeared before a judge in Graz for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl in the toilet of a bar in Deutschlandsberg, Styria, was sentenced to 4 years in prison and to pay 5 thousand Euros in compensation. It was learned that the decision has not yet been legally finalized.
According to the news in Krone, the defendant, who came to the courtroom in Graz wearing a T-shirt saying “Fuck off”, defended himself by saying “I didn’t have another new T-shirt” when warned by the judge. At the hearing on Friday, the 25-year-old defendant flatly denied the allegations against him, claiming that the girl kissed him and that there was a consensual relationship, but the judge „It doesn’t matter how the young woman behaved before: the moment she says no, it means no. And if you continue, that’s rape” With his words, he rejected the defendant’s claim of “consensual sexual intercourse”.
“Even today he can’t go to the toilet alone”
The incident that is the subject of the case took place in the women’s toilet of a disco in Deutschlandsberg in December 2022. Allegedly, the 25-year-old defendant followed the then 17-year-old girl to the toilet and raped her there.
The young girl described in detail how the man attacked her during a police interview shown in court a few days after the alleged crime. The young girl described her experiences in tears. „Suddenly he stood in front of me, pushed me into a partition and pressed me against the wall. At first I was in shock, but then I kept saying no. But he didn’t want to understand me. But he didn’t want to understand me” He explained it with his words. It was learned that the young girl told her mother about the situation one day after the incident. The mother explains her daughter’s condition after the incident. „Even today he cannot go to the toilet on his own. “He was a happy person, but he became a very introvert.” he expressed it with his words.
“If he says no, it is no!”
However, the defendant vehemently denied the accusations and spoke in court of a consensual sexual act. He said the girl kissed him at the bar. Two witnesses confirmed this, but were unable to testify about what happened next in the toilet. After the verdict was announced, the judge made the following statement: „It doesn’t matter how the young woman behaved before: the moment she says no, it means no. And if you continue, that’s rape!“
The defendant was sentenced to four years in prison and to pay compensation of 5000 euros for pain and suffering. Expressing his surprise at the sentence, the man asked for three days to think. Therefore, the decision is not yet legally binding. (yenivatan.at)
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