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Two asylum seekers sentenced for child sexual offences in Finland

Xinhua, December 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Satakunta District Court of Finland on Friday sentenced two Iraqi asylum seekers for sexual offences against an underage girl, Finnish news agency STT reported.

A 33-year-old Iraqi man was convicted of aggravated rape and aggravated child sexual abuse, and received a four-year sentence. The other Iraqi man, aged 44, was sentenced to one year and six months of imprisonment for attempted rape and child sexual abuse.

The offence occurred in a refugee reception center in Rauma, western Finland, in October this year. The victim is a 14-year-old Finnish girl, according to STT.

The court ruled the crime was committed in a particularly humiliating manner. It ordered the offender who got a longer prison term to pay 15,000 euros(15,810.79 U.S. dollars) and the other to pay 3,000 euros to the victim for mental damages. Enditem