Parquet appeals after student gynecology receives suspension after rape, and calls for serenity
The Public Prosecutor’s Office of Leuven will appeal in the case around a 24-year-old student of medicine who was found guilty of the frightening of a fellow student. He received the favor of the suspension and so no punishment was imposed. The public prosecutor reports this in a press release.
On Tuesday 1 April, the Court of First Instance in Leuven declared a 24-year-old student of medicine guilty of the rape and attacking the sexual integrity of a fellow student on November 9, 2023 after a Halloween party in Leuven.
« It has been proven that sexual relations took place at the time, » the judge said in her judgment. « This while it was impossible in a situation to agree. The facts are serious and unacceptable. »
The attorney progressed 3 years in prison with a probation delay. But the court granted him the favor of the suspension of the conviction for the duration of 5 years. Specifically, the medical student is guilty, but is not given a punishment.
« It is undeniable that he has exceeded the limits of the permissible. The man showed a lack of respect for the physical, psychological and sexual boundaries of the victim, » the judge wrote in the verdict. « But he is still young and has a blank criminal record. He is also a professional and private person a talented and committed person. By explaining him guilty but not being punished, he is given guilt and new facts are prevented, without socializing the man socially. » That statement caused a wave of indignation in our country.
The Leuven public prosecutor has now decided to appeal against this judgment, because the public prosecutor believes that it is not appropriate in this file to immediately suspend the ruling of the conviction. This means that the case will be again dealt with and assessed by the Court of Appeal in Brussels at a later date.
Call for serenity
« Judicial statements can evoke strong emotions and lead to social turmoil, but this should not degenerate into the indiscriminate and publicly visiting any party in the court case, » it sounds. « The public prosecutor calls on to keep the serenity, in the interest of all parties. »
The public prosecutor also emphasizes that making personal information about a person or organization via social media, without the permission of that person or organization, can have criminal consequences.
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