4 Tanzanian males, together with a soldier and a police officer, have been sentenced to life in jail for gang raping an underage woman in a case that precipitated nationwide outrage
NAIROBI, Kenya — 4 Tanzanian males, together with a soldier and a police officer, had been sentenced Monday to life in jail for gang raping an underage woman in a case that precipitated nationwide outrage.
The 4 had been sentenced in Justice of the Peace court docket within the capital, Dodoma. The court docket additionally ordered every man to pay 1 million Tanzanian shillings ($366) to the rape sufferer.
All 4 had pleaded not responsible to fees of gang rape and sodomy at trial.
The assault befell in August and a video of the violence was broadly circulated on-line prompting police to induce the general public to cease sharing it in order to not additional victimize the 17-year-old woman.
Dodoma police commander Theopista Mallya was transferred after she linked the rape video to intercourse work.
The suspects had been charged in court docket on Aug. 19 after calls from ladies rights teams for justice to be served.
Native media retailers have reported a surge in gender-based violence within the nation.
