Five years in prison for filming and raping numerous women

Five years in prison for filming and raping numerous women
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The Hasselt Criminal Court on Monday sentenced a masseur from Paal, Limburg Province, to five years in prison, three of them suspended, for a raft of sex offences.

The defendant was found guilty of raping two women, committing 44 sexual assaults and filming 101 women without their knowledge.

The suspended sentence comes with conditions: among other things, the defendant has to undergo therapy and compensate the victims.


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