BFF-42 Two French police get seven years for rape of Canadian tourist

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Two French police get seven years for rape of Canadian tourist

PARIS, Jan 31, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Two French policemen were each sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of the rape of a Canadian tourist at the Paris police headquarters.

The court was “convinced by the victim’s steadfast statements” and “by scientific and technical” evidence, its president Stephane Duchemin said.

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