2005News

Rapists sentenced

All today’s papers report on the 20-year prison sentences handed down to the four men who raped the 16 year old daughter of the Dominican ambassador in Canada, Eduardo Tejera. The crime was committed in Santo Domingo in August 2004, as the teenager was returning home with a friend. The latter was beaten up and his vehicle was stolen. The convicted men were also required to pay compensation of RD$2 million each to the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and her family. Clave Digital carries an interview with her father, in which he describes how his family received death threats and expresses satisfaction at the sentence.