Woman sentenced for violent rape

justiceA 32-year-old woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for raping a woman in her 60s in the northern Swedish town of Haparanda.

According to reports in The Local, the woman committed the crime with her 38-year-old brother. The pair entered the victim’s home and punched and kicked her. They were reportedly armed with a knife and forced the victim to perform oral sex upon each of them, as well as forcing her to masturbate herself.

In addition to the break-in and the rape, the pair also robbed the victim and kept her hostage until the following day.

The attack took place on 24th January, and the brother of the guilty woman remains at large. In her defence, the woman says she was in Finland when the attack occurred.