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| Guilty verdict in Bible rape case |
| 2007-04-24 |
| THE man found guilty of raping a woman as punishment for reading the Bible lured her to his unit by claiming he had news of her family overseas. Abdul Reda al-Shawany was today found guilty of sexually assaulting the then-Muslim mother of four - a refugee from the Middle East who had left her children and husband behind - for her "insult" to Islam. She had been studying the Bible because she was interested in Christianity. After the attack, at al-Shawany's Warwick Farm unit in Septmeber 2002, she converted. It took a jury just half an hour to convict al-Shawany, 52, of two counts of assault at Campbelltown District Court. Even after the decision was handed down he protested his innocence, with his lawyer Christopher Pike indicating his intention to appeal. He said there was a viable alternative hypothesis as to how al-Shawany's DNA, in the form of semen, came to be on the victim's underwear - and that he believed his client could be acquitted on appeal. An application for bail was refused by Judge Brian Knox, who said that the crime was "a fairly brutal attack". Al-Shawany will be sentenced in the Downing Centre on Friday, June 15th. His victim was not in court today. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #11 What does "lured her to his unit" mean? I translate it as "Would you like to come back to my place, I've got a letter about your family" |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-04-24 14:41 |
| #10 What does "lured her to his unit" mean? I hope it's not what I think it means. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-04-24 12:40 |
| #9 Why isn't it a hate crime? He said there was a viable alternative hypothesis as to how al-Shawany's DNA, in the form of semen, came to be on the victim's underwear maybe a reincarnated mo-ham-head did it. he couldn't keep his hands, or his private parts away from the ladies. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2007-04-24 12:39 |
| #8 Note that this didn't shame her so much that she didn't convert to Christianity or kill herself. He was trying to inflict lethal shame on her, but all it did was to firm her desire to convert. If Muslims lose their ability to coerce through violence, people will vote against them with their feet. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-04-24 12:03 |
| #7 Let's hope this cretin gets a few "insults" to his physiognomy in prison. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-24 10:49 |
| #6 Musta been the Sperm |
| Posted by: ed 2007-04-24 10:07 |
| #5 This is an outrage. How can this man be convicted without four male orc witnesses? She should have been stoned as a prostitute. /every academic "feminist" |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-04-24 08:53 |
| #4 <nerd> Christopher Pike? Beep! Beep! </nerd> |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2007-04-24 08:09 |
| #3 He said there was a viable alternative hypothesis as to how al-Shawany's DNA, in the form of semen, came to be on the victim's underwear - and that he believed his client could be acquitted on appeal. About the only thing I can come up with was that they were his underwear. Tell all his jailmates! More of the kind of logic that will never solve anything! |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-04-24 06:37 |
| #2 Is it possible for the "Appeal" to increase his sentence? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-04-24 06:20 |
| #1 Hm. "Bible rape case". Strange they didn't call it "Muslim rape case", or even "religious hate crime". |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-04-24 06:16 |