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A German man has been found guilty of drugging and raping his unconscious wife for years and sharing video of his crimes on the internet, in a case that has drawn comparisons to the trial of Dominique Pelicot in France.

Fernando P., a 61-year-old school janitor, was found guilty of abusing his wife inside the couple’s home, filming it and then sharing it online without the victim’s knowledge.

He was sentenced Friday to 8 years and 6 months in prison following a trial at a court in Aachen, western Germany. An appeal may be filed against the judgment within one week, the court said.

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 100 points 3 days ago

Note, Germany's current chancellor voted against the law making rape in marriage illegal.

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 64 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Short sentence if you ask me.

[–] cravl@slrpnk.net 22 points 3 days ago

I agree, six words is short.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Wow, and I hadn't heard about it until now. You'd think another Pelicot would be big news.

Do they have laws against publicising these things before conviction, maybe?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 23 points 3 days ago

Yes. Even after conviction they may only name the culprit in exceptional cases. It's mostly for the victim's benefit, but even criminals have a right to privacy.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 25 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Please don't confuse this as victim blaming. It is not. I am curious about what the victim thought was going on with her health when she was being frequently sedated. Did she think she became a hard sleeper? Did she have side effects that she might have even seen a doctor for, who spent futile time testing for natural causes?

Is this something that might one day be in the back of mind for nurses and doctors that someone is being secretly drugged, like Munchausen by Proxy?

[–] anguo@piefed.ca 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gisèle Pelicot (a parallel case in France) was very public with her story, I imagine you can look for answers there.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 3 days ago

Thanks. Another commenter added some context.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The french lady said she was dizzy and prone to fainting if I remember correctly. She went to see a doctor couple of times but they didn't find anything.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 7 points 3 days ago

That's exactly what I was curious about. There'd be no reason to do toxicology for someone coming in with these sorts of symptoms. Foul play is often the last thing people suspect.

I don't know about this specific case, but what I do know is that often in cases of abuse there is a certain amount of Gaslighting involved. And even if there is no Gaslighting, the absurdity and horror of it all can lead to victims not wanting to believe what is going on.

[–] jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not sure why they had to add "west Germany". I think we only have one Aachen? (Unlike Frankfurt...)

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

CNN is an American news company. I assume they added “western Germany” because most Americans don’t know where Aachen is.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or Europe, or find USA on a globe.

[–] Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago

on globe is easy. usa is in the center

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was talking to a girl once on hinge that told me she wanted me to drug her until she was unconscious and fuck her.

We never met. I'm good, thanks. Like. Even if someone wants that I've no interest.

I don't know wtf has to be wrong with you to want to do that to someone that wants to do it, let alone someone that doesn't.

They should throw this guy in the used syringe hole.

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

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[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Did the man know that all he needed to do to have sex with his wife is to do some dishes and occasionally take her out to nice dinner and listen to her bitch about the Karen at her work?

Drugging your spouse to have sex with her seems like punching your own dick to cum. It might work, but there are easier ways.