Judge Dirk Hertle sat in the district court in Bautzen, Saxony, where he sentenced the groper. Photo: DPAA groper has been given a prison sentence in Germany, probably for the first time since the tightening of the sexual harassment law. On Wednesday the jury in Bautzen, Saxony, convicted a 27-year-old Libyan to a four-month custodial sentence without probation for grabbing a 34-year-old woman’s buttocks three times against her will on a public street. “It may be the first conviction Germany-wide under the new regulation,” said Judge Dirk Hertle. The new paragraph became law in November 2016 and two weeks later, the crime in Bautzen took place, said Hertle.

Source: The Local May 12, 2017 13:41 UTC