The men had been convicted of raping a woman of Peruvian origin, who was 22 at the time of the attack in 2015, by a court of first instance in 2016. They also wrote that a photograph [of the woman] reflected this.”The case will be reheard by a court in Perugia. Doctors said her injuries were consistent with rape and that there was a high level of benzodiazepines in her blood. Molinaro said the woman moved back to Peru after being ostracised by the community in Ancona because she reported the men. Luisa Rizzitelli, a spokesperson for Rebel Network, the women’s group that organised the Ancona protest, lambasted the judges’ ruling as “medieval”.

Source: The Guardian March 11, 2019 17:14 UTC