France: the “Tinder rapist” sentenced to 18 years of criminal imprisonment
Salim Berrada, nicknamed “the Tinder rapist” by the press and accused of having raped or sexually assaulted seventeen women between 2014 and 2016, was sentenced to eighteen years of criminal imprisonment on Friday March 29 by the Criminal Court of Paris. He was convicted of 12 rapes and three sexual assaults.
Salim Berrada, nicknamed “the Tinder rapist” by the press, was accused of having raped or sexually assaulted fifteen women between 2014 and 2016. © Patrick Sison / AP
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Salim Berrada, a 38-year-old Moroccan, was sentenced this Friday evening to almost the maximum sentence he faced: 20 years in prison. The accused, a former photographer, was found guilty of 12 rapes and three sexual assaults. He was acquitted for two other complainants, absent at the hearing, with the benefit of the doubt.
The man will soon be expelled from
France
to his country of origin because the sentence is accompanied by a definitive obligation to leave the territory. He was found guilty of “
destroying 17 lives
.” Those of women, whom this professional photographer attracted to his home, for a romantic date, always with the same operating procedure between 2014 and 2016.
Crimes with a “
serial character
”
“
A photo session by a professional tempt you?
» he asked almost naively. Once in his net, the 17 young women say they could not refuse a glass of alcohol, then two, then three, kindly offered by the gallant photographer. All then describe a lack of reflexes synonymous with chemical submission for the doctors who looked into the case.
The Court noted the “
particularly organized character
” and the “
serial nature of these crimes and offenses
”, as well as “
the multiplication of the number of victims
” in an “
increasingly short
” time, particularly in 2016, indicated the Court. President Fusina.
The flirt and rapist who poisoned his victims before abusing them is now banned from practicing his profession as a photographer. He will sleep in prison this evening while other complaints are already looming on the horizon.
“
Thank you
”, “
Thank you very much
”, shouted complainants when the hearing was adjourned. Over the days of the hearing, these women, who did not know each other, supported and encouraged each other.
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