Two Australian men have been sentenced to more than three years in a Finnish prison for the aggravated rape of a woman they had met on the street.
Two Australian men have been sentenced to more than three years in a Finnish prison for the aggravated rape of a woman they brought to their hotel room under false pretences.
“The person concerned has also been humiliated during the act. The act as a whole has seriously violated sexual autonomy,” an English translation of the judgment by Finnish Judge Salli Lindstedt said. However, after entering the bathroom the woman was approached by one of the men who tried to remove her shirt. Despite protesting she was stripped of her clothing and forced into multiple unprotected sexual acts by the men, separately and at the same time.
The woman, whose identity is protected, left the hotel room shortly before 3am and approached a staff member, who was named as a witness in the trial, telling them she had been raped.Appearing distressed, she handed her phone to the staffer who spoke to the victim’s boyfriend and asked him to come to the hotel. The incident was reported at 3.12am, before police arrived and arrested the men who were asleep in the hotel room.
Patman and Taylor were sentenced to three years and eight months, and three years and two months respectively. They were jointly and severally obliged to compensate the victim almost €8300 . Both are expected to appeal their sentence.
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