ROME - Italy’s Justice Ministry has ordered a preliminary inquiry into an appeals court ruling that overturned a rape verdict in part by arguing that the woman who was attacked was too ugly to be a credible rape victim. In part of the ruling, the court noted that the suspects had found her unattractive and too “masculine” to be a credible rape victim. The Justice Ministry said it was conducting the “necessary preliminary investigations” into the appeals verdict. Protests broke out earlier this month after an appeals court in Bologna nearly cut in half the sentence for a man who admitted to killing his partner. The court cited as one of its reasons for the reduction the “emotional storm” of jealousy that the killer experienced.

Source: thestar March 13, 2019 12:29 UTC