Boarding school headteacher in Indonesia sentenced to death for raping 13 students and impregnating a couple
KUMASI, 5th April, (Futball Surgery)– Boarding school headteacher in Indonesia has been sentenced to death for raping 13 students and impregnating a couple.
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Herry Wirawan raped girls aged between 11 and 14 over a five-year period at the school, hotels or rented apartments in the city of Bandung.
A boarding school headteacher has been sentenced to death in Indonesia for raping at least 13 students and getting some of them pregnant.
Herry Wirawan raped girls aged between 11 and 14 from 2016 to 2021 at the school, hotels or rented apartments in the city of Bandung.
At least nine babies were born as a result of the rapes and the case has prompted public outcry.
On Monday judges at the Bandung High Court granted prosecutors’ appeal for the death penalty, saying in the ruling: “What he had done had caused trauma and suffering to the victims and their parents.
“The defendant had tarnished the reputation of Islamic boarding schools.”
Wirawan’s assets will also be seized, including a foundation he owned, and auctioned off to benefit the victims and their children.
The judges also ruled that nine children born to the victims should be handed over to the Children and Women Protection Agency with periodic evaluation “until the victims are mentally ready to care for their children, and the situation allows for their children to be returned to the victims”.
Wirawan’s lawyer, Ira Mambo, said she would advise her client to appeal against the sentence in the Supreme Court. They have seven days to do so before the court decision becomes final.
Wirawan pleaded guilty and apologised to his victims and their families during the trial.
In January, President Joko Widodo said he was concerned about cases of sexual abuse in Islamic boarding schools and called on parliament to speed up deliberations on a bill on sexual violence.
Conservative lawmakers and Islamic groups want the bill to include prohibitions on extramarital sex and homosexual relations.
