The suspect threatens the victim by publishing the photo of the rape, the court punishes him with a fine in installments

A large part of abused women and girls in Kosovo wait about a decade for the abuser to be punished. And, the punishments are often lenient. A young woman is suspected of being raped in 2017. While the justice has not yet decided on this case, the suspect has threatened this woman that he will show her photos and videos to other people. The first was convicted for blackmail. Another offender had raped a woman and injured her with a knife. He was sentenced to 1 year. Another woman was repeatedly raped under the threat of killing her brothers and father - sentenced to a year's probation

The anonymized public judgments, which the Judicial Council of Kosovo has made public a long time ago, prove not only the low sentences, but also the disregard of the judiciary towards them.

KOHA has analyzed some of these. Abusers of girls and women rarely end up in prison. They are often fined and the judges enable them to make the payment in installments. The language of the judgments is also problematic.

The same spirit is in all the courts of Kosovo. The analyzed judgments are from the last year and the previous year. However, the rapes happened a decade earlier, which means the delays and numerous omissions of the justice system in relation to these cases.

He raped her and then blackmailed her that he would publish her photos - the court sentenced her to 900 euros

A young elderly woman from a village in the Municipality of Malisheva was allegedly raped in 2017 by a man. She denounced the rape. Two years later, the Kosovo Police contacted the rape suspect for this case. But he threatens the victim that if she does not withdraw the complaint, he would send the photos and videos of the rape to her father.

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In court, he pleaded guilty and apologized. The court sentenced him to 900 euros and allowed him to pay the sentence in installments of 300 euros for 3 months.

"The accused NM is sentenced to a fine in the amount of nine hundred (900) euros, which he is obliged to pay in three (3) installments within a period of three (3) months, from the day the judgment becomes final", it is stated in this judgment.

The court took the fact that he pleaded guilty as a mitigating circumstance.

"The fact that the defendant has admitted guilt for the criminal offense for which he is accused has been taken as a special mitigating circumstance. It is the first time that he has committed a criminal offense, he is the breadwinner of four children, he is deeply remorseful, he has apologized to the victim, since the day of the incident he has not bothered the victim, he has promised the court that he will not repeat it criminal offense, while as an aggravating circumstance the court took the fact that the accused in the capacity of the defendant also has a case in the procedure against the injured party, which case is related to this case, but for the same we still do not have a final sentence ", the verdict states.

In court, this convict says that he tried to protect the victim's identity.

"I regret what I wrote, but I never intended to harm A., even though I know him well. I have been free since 04.12.2018, I have seen A. 20 times, I have not even greeted him, let alone anything else. I ask the court to forgive me for this crime and I promise the court that I will never repeat as if I did not try anything and that I have fanatically defended everything that happened between me and her", the convict is quoted as saying in the judgment .

Rape at gunpoint, the rapist admits guilt, the court sentences him to one year and 6 months in prison

Another abused woman had to wait 12 years for her abuser to be punished. At the beginning of the verdict, the terrible event is described.

"While the same woman was returning home from work, he appeared on the street in a mask, gagged her and dragged her to a suitable place to perform the sexual act, as well as took out a knife and headed with the words 'shuj, shuj that he stuck the knife in and choked her', where the victim screamed loudly and all the time she tried to defend herself, but the accused cut her left hand with a knife - injured her and caused several scratches on the face," the verdict states.

The Basic Court in Mitrovica sentenced this violator to 1 year in prison.

"Prisonment with an extended term of one (1) year, which sentence will be executed after the full force of the judgment, in which sentence will be calculated the time spent under the measure of detention from 21.04.2009 to 23.02.2010. XNUMX", the verdict states.

The court gave only one year in prison to this rapist, even though he pleaded guilty. He admitted that he hid his face and had a knife with him when he raped the young woman.

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In April 2021, the Basic Court of Pristina sentenced a person for raping a woman in 2009. She was raped under threats that her brothers and family would be killed. The jury of the Basic Court in Pristina sentenced him to 1 year and 6 months of imprisonment.

"FB has presented the case to the police, she was forced, without her consent, to have sexual relations with the defendant QB, and this under the influence of force and under the threat of danger, forcing her to have sexual relations under the threat of to kill the brothers and the family of the injured party F..., with which the same has acted according to the demands of the defendant Q...", it is stated in this verdict.

This young woman was repeatedly raped. This was also confirmed by forensic expertise. Such a thing is described in the judgment.

"As for the report of the physical and genital examination carried out by dr. Arsim Gërgjaliu, the state prosecutor, has emphasized that it has been proven that subcutaneous blood collections were found on the victim's body in her arms as a result of strong and violent squeezing of the cheekbones of the big toes and two so-called vacuum suctions with the edge of the board. on the chest and at the end of the neck, these are the evidences that prove that physical force was used against the injured party, forcing her to have sexual intercourse with violence, threatening her life and that of her brothers, who were younger. The victim, feeling vulnerable as her father lived in Switzerland, had fallen victim to sexual, physical and psychological violence by the accused", the verdict states.

Probation for rape, statute of limitations for theft

The rapist of another woman has been sentenced to probation. The verdict was issued at the Basic Court in Pristina.

"On 10.05.2010, around 18:00 p.m., the defendant M., after a two-week telephone contact with the injured party N. Gj., after they first had an appointment, and then they met at Ulpiana, they drank coffee together to the restaurant, and then the defendant drove the black 'Golf II' type car in the direction of the village of G. Upon reaching Badovc, on a mountain road, he forcibly pulled the injured woman out of the car and against her will her has had sexual relations with him even though she resisted", it is stated in this judgment.

After the rape, the woman's phone and money were stolen by the rapist. But this work is prescribed.

"In the same place, after having sexual intercourse with the injured N. Gj., at the moment while she was cleaning herself near the water, the defendant, with the purpose of profiting from foreign objects, illegally stole from her the shoulder bag in which there was a wallet with 130 euros in it, an ID card, a work card, a 'Nokia' type phone and fled the scene leaving the victim alone on the mountain", it is explained in this document . This criminal offense has been prescribed since 2016.

And in another case, a woman was punished under the threat of a knife and a firearm. The court in Peja sentenced the perpetrator to 2 years in prison.

"The defendant sent him by car to his house in the village of M., so that when they reached his house, the defendant grabbed him by the hand and forcefully pushed him into his room. Upon entering the room, close the windows (curtains) and the door with the key. First, he threatens the victim with a knife, putting it in the boat and threatening to drown her, he threatens to drown her with a revolver, and then he punches her in the eyes and face. In the end, he lays him down on the bed in the room, whereupon he forcefully takes off his pants", the perpetrator's actions are described in detail.

It was proposed to the court to lighten the punishment of this abuser due to the fact that he is divorced and takes care of the children.

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"He is divorced and the sole guardian of three minor children aged 8-12, low level of education, previous convictions, living in an antisocial environment, despite his actions, the defendant's intent was serious in creating of a new life, and in no way the misuse of anyone", the verdict states.

The prosecution and the courts are largely criticized for the way they handle cases of sexual violence, when the victims are girls and women. Recently, reports of such crimes have increased.