My only question is why in the world would this guy have complained and filed charges?
Norwegian Court Convicts First Woman for Rape
Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:16 AM ET
OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian court has sentenced a woman to nine months in jail for raping a man, the first such conviction in the Scandinavian country that prides itself for its egalitarianism.
The 31-year-old man fell asleep on a sofa at a party in January last year and told the court in the western city of Bergen he woke to find the 23-year-old woman was having oral sex with him.
Under Norwegian law, all sexual acts with someone who is “unconscious or for other reasons unable to oppose the act” are considered rape.
The court sentenced the woman Wednesday to nine months in jail and ordered her to pay 40,000 Norwegian crowns ($6,355) in compensation.
“This is a very harsh sentence,” the woman’s lawyer, Per Magne Kristiansen, told the Norwegian news agency NTB. The woman argued the man had been awake and consented.
The prosecutor had sought a 10-month sentence and argued the court should not be more lenient with a woman than a man. It was Norway’s first conviction of a woman for rape.
Norway has long traditions of equality – 40 percent of the cabinet of Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik, for instance, are women.
Re: Time to Liven Things Up a Bit on This Boring Day.
Finally a law that addresses the likes of the weak. I'm always unable to oppose to the act but someone is there to protect. Same for madhanee who can't get up from sleep.
Re: Time to Liven Things Up a Bit on This Boring Day.
Miss M: What is a "minger?" I've never heard that expression before.
Faisal: As one of the higher echelon muckety-mucks in GuppyLand, I'm sure a request from you to confine moi to my own lonely little forum would be strongly considered.
