The original convictions of the five “wolf pack” rapists on a lesser charge prompted protests across Spain MARCELO DEL POZO/REUTERSFive men have been convicted of gang raping a young woman at a famous bull-running festival after Spain’s supreme court overturned previous convictions for a lesser offence of sexual abuse and raised their jail sentences. The men, known as the “Wolf Pack” after the name of the WhatsApp group in which they shared a video and images of the attack, had their sentences increased from nine to 15 years after an appeal by prosecutors. One of the men was jailed for an additional two years for stealing the victim’s phone. Their original convictions and sentences had provoked nationwide protests. Five supreme court judges said in the ruling today that the victim “at no moment consented to those acts carried out by the accused” and the…

Source: The Times June 21, 2019 16:07 UTC