19-Year-Old, Accomplice Get 15 & 6 Years for Grindr Attack

19-Year-Old, accomplice get 15 & 6 Years for Grindr attack

Brussels (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – A 19-year-old and a second defendant face hate crime charges for violent attacks on gay men via Grindr. Prosecutor demands 15 and 6 years; court decision on June 25. As VRT News reported, the public … Read more Continue reading 19-Year-Old, accomplice get 15 & 6 Years for Grindr attack at The Brussels Morning Newspaper.

On Wednesday afternoon, the prosecutor applied to the Brussels Correctional Court for a 15-year prison sentence against Rayan R., whom he considered to be the main author and organizer of the assault scheme, and for a six-year prison sentence against Anas T., whom he considered to be a follower. These two 20- and 19-year-olds were prosecuted for assaulting men on account of their homosexuality, by trapping them through the application of Grindr …