The men then repeatedly raped her, sometimes as a group sometimes one after the other, the woman alleged. Earlier in the trial, one of the defendants claimed that he had had consensual sex with the woman on the day in question. Prosecutors charge the trio with group rape and bodily harm. They say that the men strangled the woman, beat her and held her mouth closed in order to make her comply. The case against the men is based on DNA traces found on the woman, and the testimony given by the victim.

Source: The Local June 20, 2017 08:03 UTC