{"id":99814,"date":"2017-04-25T22:02:35","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T02:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=99814"},"modified":"2017-04-25T22:03:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T02:03:48","slug":"three-men-sentenced-to-prison-in-facebook-rape-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/25\/three-men-sentenced-to-prison-in-facebook-rape-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Three men sentenced to prison in &#8220;Facebook rape&#8221; case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_99815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99815\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15257000013_46dfabe9d8_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-99815\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15257000013_46dfabe9d8_z.jpg\" alt=\"A court in Uppsala, Sweden, sentenced three men to prison for their involvement in a rape that was broadcast live on Facebook from an apartment in Uppsala, Swedish public television broadcaster SVT News reported on Tuesday. (Photo: Eduardo Woo\/ Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15257000013_46dfabe9d8_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/15257000013_46dfabe9d8_z-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A court in Uppsala, Sweden, sentenced three men to prison for their involvement in a rape that was broadcast live on Facebook from an apartment in Uppsala, Swedish public television broadcaster SVT News reported on Tuesday. (Photo:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/edowoo\"> Eduardo Woo\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>STOCKHOLM\u2013A court in Uppsala, Sweden, sentenced three men to prison for their involvement in a rape that was broadcast live on Facebook from an apartment in Uppsala, Swedish public television broadcaster SVT News reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The court gave the 21-year-old man two years four months for rape and abetting rape. An 18-year-old was given one year for rape. A 24-year-old was sentenced to prison for six months for serious slander and failing to report the rape.<\/p>\n<p>Uppsala District Court determined that the woman was in a particularly vulnerable situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She was so influenced by alcohol and drugs that she could not protect herself, and in a way the defendants must have understood. Despite this, two of them had sex with her,&#8221; said Judge Nils Palbrant.<\/p>\n<p>According to the men, the woman consented to sex. But that doesn&#8217;t matter, according to the judge, SVT News reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The law says that if you are in a compromising situation like that, it is not possible to give consent,&#8221; Judge Palbrant said.<\/p>\n<p>The three convicted men pleaded not guilty. Stefan Wallin, who represented the 21-year-old, was surprised by the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it is wrong and should be appealed. There was no proof that he committed a rape or that he abetted a rape. I have not spoken with my client but I am sure he will appeal,&#8221; Wallin said.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor Pontus Melander, on the other hand, thinks the sentences are too short.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have a hard time viewing this as the lowest form of rape that one can commit in Sweden, which is what this sentencing suggests. The District Court deemed differently. Now I am going to read through the ruling carefully and determine whether I will appeal,&#8221; Melander said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STOCKHOLM\u2013A court in Uppsala, Sweden, sentenced three men to prison for their involvement in a rape that was broadcast live &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":99815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[18342,18343],"class_list":["post-99814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-facebook-rape","tag-three-men-to-prison","mauthors-xinhua-via-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}