Indonesian teacher sentenced to death for raping 13 students


Herry Wirawan is escorted prior to his trial at a court in Bandung, West Java on February 15. The High Court today accepted the prosecutors’ appeal and sentenced Wirawan to death for raping 13 students at an Islamic boarding school. – AFP pic, April 4, 2022.

AN Indonesian teacher found guilty of raping 13 students at an Islamic boarding school and who impregnated at least eight of the victims, was sentenced to death today.

Herry Wirawan, 36, had been sentenced to life in prison in February, in a case that drew national attention to sexual abuse in the country’s religious schools.


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