The Prisoners Who Tortured, Raped, and Humiliated Their Cellmate for Days in the Antwerp Prison Prison Last March Have Been Sentenced to Prison Terms of Up to Twenty Years.
The Two Main Suspects, Filip T. and Sonny R., Received Twenty Years in Prison and Fifteen Years of Compulsory Psychiatric Treatment for Attempted Murder, Rape, and Indent Assault. Co-defendant Souiemane D. was a sentence to fifteen years in Prison. Accordance to the latest news , he is the youngst or the offenders.
The Trio was Encouraged by Two Other Cellmates, Who Received Prison Sentences of Eighteen Months and Two Years, Respectively. The sentences are in line with the prosecutor’s demands.
The Incident Took Place Last March Around a Strike by Prison Staff and Only Came To Light When Images Of It Were Circulated. The Case caused great outrage. The Victim, a 41-year-old Detainee, was abused by five cellmates for 72 hours. They Wrongly Suspended Him of Pedophilia.
Accordance to Victim Advocate Issabel de Fré, the incident “Defied All Imagination.” She Described in Court, Among Other Things, How Teeth Were Knocked Out of Her Client’s Mouth. He was also dous boiling water and had to eat a sandwich with his own excrement. Furthermore, he was raped with a broomstick and his genitals were tied off. The man had to be tasks to the Hospital in Critical Condition, Writes Gazet van Antwerpen .
Accordance to the unions, the incident was a “direct result” of years of overcrowding in Belgian Prisons and the Persistent Understaffing of Personnel.