In Italy, a school guard accused of having touched the buttocks of a 17-year-old student for ten seconds has been released by the courts. A court decision that aroused the discontent of parents’ associations and many Internet users.
A court decision that provoked strong reactions. In Italy, a school guard accused of having touched the buttocks of a 17-year-old student for ten seconds has been released by the courts. Heard by the Rome court, the man was not punished for his touching of a minor. The act that lasted “between five and ten seconds”as recognized by the victim and its author before the judge, is not considered a crime in the eyes of the law.
Enough to scandalize many student associations as well as a multitude of influencers who have seized their accounts to denounce this injustice. The young girl victim of these touches, too, is in shock. “He put his hands inside my pants and under my underwear, he groped my ass and then he lifted me enough to hurt my private parts. This, at least for me, is no joke”, she confided to our Italian colleagues from Corriere de la Serra.
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The relaxed man
This version was confirmed by a friend of the victim, who witnessed the surreal scene. On his side, the court, quoted by our Italian colleagues, considers that the “suddenness of the action, without any insistence in the action of touching”which falls “almost touching”does not allow “characterize the libidinous or lustful intent generally required by criminal law”.
The justice therefore rejected the prosecution’s requisitions. The latter asked for three and a half years of imprisonment against the 66-year-old school guardian. The man who recognizes his gesture defends himself with a joke. If he admits having lifted the young girl, he denies having slipped his hand under the victim’s pants. The controversial judgment sparked strong reactions in the Rome region and on social networks where many Internet users expressed their anger.
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Strong reactions
“After this decision, if a girl is groped, she will end up thinking that it is not worth reporting violence. In my case, the complaint was presented by the school, which supported me. Complaints must be filed to obtain justice. Silence, in general, protects the aggressors”laments the teenager.
Several student associations have stepped up to denounce this decision, like the Lazio Student Association. “ We want to feel safe everywhere, and especially at school, which should teach to recognize and eliminate violence and discrimination”protested its president on social networks while other Internet users took to their account to denounce.
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