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Spanish court sentences Pamplona ‘wolf pack’ to 15 years for gang rape after they bragged about it on Whatsapp

  • The five men raped a drunk woman at the entrance to a building in Pamplona in 2016
  • The gang filmed the incident with smartphones and then boasted about it online

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Antonio Manuel Guerrero (R), one of the five men accused of raping a woman, leaves a court in Sevilla. Photo: EPA-EFE
Spain’s Supreme Court on Friday found five men who called themselves “the wolf pack” guilty of gang rape, refuting previous convictions of the lesser offence of sexual abuse in a case that shook the country.
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The Madrid-based tribunal sentenced each defendant to 15 years in prison, overturning two previous rulings in the case that sparked mass protests in Spain.

“The factual account describes a genuine scenario of intimidation in which the victim never consents to the sexual acts performed by the accused,” the court ruled.

The victim found herself in “a situation of intimidation that made her adopt an attitude of submission, doing what the perpetrators told her to do.”

Angel Boza, one of the five men accused of raping a woman, leaves a court in Sevilla. Photo: EPA-EFE
Angel Boza, one of the five men accused of raping a woman, leaves a court in Sevilla. Photo: EPA-EFE
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The five men raped the drunk woman, then aged 18, at the entrance to a flat building in Pamplona in July 2016 at the start of the popular San Fermin bull-running festival.

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