Fifteen years in prison for the student who raped a student in Nice

At the Nice courthouse (Illustration) -

He had dragged his victim, a young Ukrainian student, behind a construction fence in the Promenade-des-Anglais, near the Nice airport where she was going, then sexually assaulted her.

Two years after his crime, this 26-year-old student has just been sentenced to an exemplary sentence by the Alpes-Maritimes Assize Court: fifteen years of criminal imprisonment including ten of safety, reports

.

The maximum penalty, as requested by the Advocate General.

He intends to appeal

The seriousness of the facts, but also the attitude of the accused during the three days of his trial, explain the severity of the sanction.

During the hearing, the young man, a business school student, remained almost silent.

According to his lawyer, the accused, who entered the box by brandishing his fist in the manner of the "black power" of American athletes at the 1968 Olympics, as reported by

, considers that he did not was able to explain this matter because of the color of his skin.

"He protests against the racism he says victim"

told me Rozenna Gorlier, the regional daily.

He intends to appeal the decision of the Assize Court of the Alpes-Maritimes.

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