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Zurich High Court Incest father gets 10 years in prison and 15 years expulsion from the country
A Serbian taxi driver who raped his biological daughter numerous times has been found guilty.
The district court of Winterthur has sentenced the 44-year-old father to ten years in prison.
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The Zurich Higher Court fully confirmed the judgment of the lower court on Wednesday.
20min/hoh
That’s what it’s about
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A 44-year-old Serb was sentenced to ten years in prison by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The punishment will be carried out.
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For a year, he regularly raped his then sixteen-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
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The Supreme Court fully confirmed the judgment of the District Court of Winterthur.
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The man denied the crime, his lawyer demanded compensation and damages of 630,000 francs.
The allegations are outrageous: The 44-year-old taxi driver and painter is accused of repeatedly raping his then 16-and-a-half-year-old daughter in a holiday home in Serbia in March 2018. Even after returning to Winterthur, he regularly sexually abused her for a year, according to the indictment around 140 times.
The district court of Winterthur sentenced the man to ten years in prison and 15 years of exile in November 2021. In doing so, the court went beyond the prosecutor’s request for eight years for incest, rape, sexual assault and other crimes.
«Everything is made up»
The suspect appealed the verdict and the case was heard in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. “I’m innocent, everything is made up,” he said when questioned by the judge. He wants to know why the daughter should have invented the allegations. “I was strict in my upbringing and didn’t take enough care of them. I also had an affair with my sister-in-law.” That poisoned the atmosphere in the family. A plot had been hatched against him. “Your then-boyfriend and my now-divorced wife manipulated you to get rid of me.”
The 44-year-old traveled to his family in Winterthur in 2015 without telling the authorities that he had a criminal record for rape in his home country and that he had been in prison for 3.5 years in Germany for involvement in a bank robbery.
His lawyer demanded an acquittal as well as compensation and satisfaction of around CHF 630,000 for the three-year pre-trial and preventive detention. “There is a lack of physical evidence, although the victim is said to have been raped 140 times – an absurd extrapolation.” Neither the mother nor the younger sister in the same household would have noticed, although the incidents are said to have taken place over the course of a year. “That’s not possible,” said the defender.
Daughter in psychiatric treatment
In addition, the accused lived in his own one-room apartment for around seven months this year in connection with the separation. “The daughter is lying,” the lawyer summarized her view. As in 2016, when her father was arrested in Winterthur because he is said to have approached the daughter with sexual intent. However, there was no conviction at the time because the daughter withdrew the criminal complaint. “She admitted to lying,” said the defense attorney.
In contrast, the public prosecutor and the victim’s attorney demanded confirmation of the verdict. “To this day, my client has not been able to find an apprenticeship,” explained the victim’s attorney. The young woman still suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from the sexual assault and has panic attacks. She spent six months in a psychiatric day clinic last year. She withdrew the criminal complaint in 2016 under enormous pressure from the family – even her own mother didn’t believe her at the time. The ex-wife, who was also at the trial, emphasized that her husband did not live a single night in the one-room apartment, but sublet it. “It didn’t want to move out and manipulated everyone.”
The Supreme Court fully confirmed the judgment of the District Court of Winterthur. It sentenced the 44-year-old to an unconditional ten-year prison sentence and 15-year expulsion from the country for rape, incest, threats and other offences. In addition, he has to pay the daughter a satisfaction of 60,000 francs. “The court has no doubt that the victim was telling the truth.” The father exercised physical coercion and psychological pressure. “We do not know the exact number of attacks, but assume a high number,” said the presiding judge at the end.
are you or is someone you know affected by sexualised, domestic, psychological or other violence?
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Lilli.chonline consultation for teenagers
women’s shelters in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
sandwichesSchutzhäuser for men
LGBT+ HelplineTel. 0800 133 133
age without violenceTel. 0848 00 13 13
Offered Hand, worry hotline, Tel. 143
For Youth, Advice for children and young people, Tel. 147
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Zurich High Court Incest father gets 10 years in prison and 15 years expulsion from the country
A Serbian taxi driver who raped his biological daughter numerous times has been found guilty.
For the Supreme Court, the accused regularly sexually assaulted and raped his daughter.
Courts of Zurich
The district court of Winterthur has sentenced the 44-year-old father to ten years in prison.
20min/hoh
The Zurich Higher Court fully confirmed the judgment of the lower court on Wednesday.
20min/hoh
That’s what it’s about
-
A 44-year-old Serb was sentenced to ten years in prison by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The punishment will be carried out.
-
For a year, he regularly raped his then sixteen-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
-
The Supreme Court fully confirmed the judgment of the District Court of Winterthur.
-
The man denied the crime, his lawyer demanded compensation and damages of 630,000 francs.
The allegations are outrageous: The 44-year-old taxi driver and painter is accused of repeatedly raping his then 16-and-a-half-year-old daughter in a holiday home in Serbia in March 2018. Even after returning to Winterthur, he regularly sexually abused her for a year, according to the indictment around 140 times.
The district court of Winterthur sentenced the man to ten years in prison and 15 years of exile in November 2021. In doing so, the court went beyond the prosecutor’s request for eight years for incest, rape, sexual assault and other crimes.
«Everything is made up»
The suspect appealed the verdict and the case was heard in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. “I’m innocent, everything is made up,” he said when questioned by the judge. He wants to know why the daughter should have invented the allegations. “I was strict in my upbringing and didn’t take enough care of them. I also had an affair with my sister-in-law.” That poisoned the atmosphere in the family. A plot had been hatched against him. “Your then-boyfriend and my now-divorced wife manipulated you to get rid of me.”
The 44-year-old traveled to his family in Winterthur in 2015 without telling the authorities that he had a criminal record for rape in his home country and that he had been in prison for 3.5 years in Germany for involvement in a bank robbery.
His lawyer demanded an acquittal as well as compensation and satisfaction of around CHF 630,000 for the three-year pre-trial and preventive detention. “There is a lack of physical evidence, although the victim is said to have been raped 140 times – an absurd extrapolation.” Neither the mother nor the younger sister in the same household would have noticed, although the incidents are said to have taken place over the course of a year. “That’s not possible,” said the defender.
Daughter in psychiatric treatment
In addition, the accused lived in his own one-room apartment for around seven months this year in connection with the separation. “The daughter is lying,” the lawyer summarized her view. As in 2016, when her father was arrested in Winterthur because he is said to have approached the daughter with sexual intent. However, there was no conviction at the time because the daughter withdrew the criminal complaint. “She admitted to lying,” said the defense attorney.
In contrast, the public prosecutor and the victim’s attorney demanded confirmation of the verdict. “To this day, my client has not been able to find an apprenticeship,” explained the victim’s attorney. The young woman still suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from the sexual assault and has panic attacks. She spent six months in a psychiatric day clinic last year. She withdrew the criminal complaint in 2016 under enormous pressure from the family – even her own mother didn’t believe her at the time. The ex-wife, who was also at the trial, emphasized that her husband did not live a single night in the one-room apartment, but sublet it. “It didn’t want to move out and manipulated everyone.”
The Supreme Court fully confirmed the judgment of the District Court of Winterthur. It sentenced the 44-year-old to an unconditional ten-year prison sentence and 15-year expulsion from the country for rape, incest, threats and other offences. In addition, he has to pay the daughter a satisfaction of 60,000 francs. “The court has no doubt that the victim was telling the truth.” The father exercised physical coercion and psychological pressure. “We do not know the exact number of attacks, but assume a high number,” said the presiding judge at the end.
are you or is someone you know affected by sexualised, domestic, psychological or other violence?
counseling centers the victimhelp Switzerland
Lilli.chonline consultation for teenagers
women’s shelters in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
sandwichesSchutzhäuser for men
LGBT+ HelplineTel. 0800 133 133
age without violenceTel. 0848 00 13 13
Offered Hand, worry hotline, Tel. 143
For Youth, Advice for children and young people, Tel. 147
counseling centers for violent people
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Zurich High Court Incest father gets 10 years in prison and 15 years expulsion from the country
A Serbian taxi driver who raped his biological daughter numerous times has been found guilty.
For the Supreme Court, the accused regularly sexually assaulted and raped his daughter.
Courts of Zurich
The district court of Winterthur has sentenced the 44-year-old father to ten years in prison.
20min/hoh
The Zurich Higher Court fully confirmed the judgment of the lower court on Wednesday.
20min/hoh
That’s what it’s about
-
A 44-year-old Serb was sentenced to ten years in prison by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The punishment will be carried out.
-
For a year, he regularly raped his then sixteen-and-a-half-year-old daughter.
-
The Supreme Court fully confirmed the judgment of the District Court of Winterthur.
-
The man denied the crime, his lawyer demanded compensation and damages of 630,000 francs.
The allegations are outrageous: The 44-year-old taxi driver and painter is accused of repeatedly raping his then 16-and-a-half-year-old daughter in a holiday home in Serbia in March 2018. Even after returning to Winterthur, he regularly sexually abused her for a year, according to the indictment around 140 times.
The district court of Winterthur sentenced the man to ten years in prison and 15 years of exile in November 2021. In doing so, the court went beyond the prosecutor’s request for eight years for incest, rape, sexual assault and other crimes.
«Everything is made up»
The suspect appealed the verdict and the case was heard in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. “I’m innocent, everything is made up,” he said when questioned by the judge. He wants to know why the daughter should have invented the allegations. “I was strict in my upbringing and didn’t take enough care of them. I also had an affair with my sister-in-law.” That poisoned the atmosphere in the family. A plot had been hatched against him. “Your then-boyfriend and my now-divorced wife manipulated you to get rid of me.”
The 44-year-old traveled to his family in Winterthur in 2015 without telling the authorities that he had a criminal record for rape in his home country and that he had been in prison for 3.5 years in Germany for involvement in a bank robbery.
His lawyer demanded an acquittal as well as compensation and satisfaction of around CHF 630,000 for the three-year pre-trial and preventive detention. “There is a lack of physical evidence, although the victim is said to have been raped 140 times – an absurd extrapolation.” Neither the mother nor the younger sister in the same household would have noticed, although the incidents are said to have taken place over the course of a year. “That’s not possible,” said the defender.
Daughter in psychiatric treatment
In addition, the accused lived in his own one-room apartment for around seven months this year in connection with the separation. “The daughter is lying,” the lawyer summarized her view. As in 2016, when her father was arrested in Winterthur because he is said to have approached the daughter with sexual intent. However, there was no conviction at the time because the daughter withdrew the criminal complaint. “She admitted to lying,” said the defense attorney.
In contrast, the public prosecutor and the victim’s attorney demanded confirmation of the verdict. “To this day, my client has not been able to find an apprenticeship,” explained the victim’s attorney. The young woman still suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from the sexual assault and has panic attacks. She spent six months in a psychiatric day clinic last year. She withdrew the criminal complaint in 2016 under enormous pressure from the family – even her own mother didn’t believe her at the time. The ex-wife, who was also at the trial, emphasized that her husband did not live a single night in the one-room apartment, but sublet it. “It didn’t want to move out and manipulated everyone.”
The Supreme Court fully confirmed the judgment of the District Court of Winterthur. It sentenced the 44-year-old to an unconditional ten-year prison sentence and 15-year expulsion from the country for rape, incest, threats and other offences. In addition, he has to pay the daughter a satisfaction of 60,000 francs. “The court has no doubt that the victim was telling the truth.” The father exercised physical coercion and psychological pressure. “We do not know the exact number of attacks, but assume a high number,” said the presiding judge at the end.
are you or is someone you know affected by sexualised, domestic, psychological or other violence?
counseling centers the victimhelp Switzerland
Lilli.chonline consultation for teenagers
women’s shelters in Switzerland and Liechtenstein
sandwichesSchutzhäuser for men
LGBT+ HelplineTel. 0800 133 133
age without violenceTel. 0848 00 13 13
Offered Hand, worry hotline, Tel. 143
For Youth, Advice for children and young people, Tel. 147
counseling centers for violent people