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Death meted out for homicide, gang rape in Tangerang
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The defendants listen to the verdict read out by a panel of judges in a murder and gang rape case at the Tangerang District Court on Feb. 8. The judges handed death sentence to both defendants, Rahmat Arifin and Imam Hapriadi. (kompas.com/Andri Donnal Putera)
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he Tangerang District Court sentenced Rahmat Arifin, 24, and Imam Hapriadi, 24, to death on Wednesday for the rape and murder of EF, 19, in Kosambi, Tangerang regency last year.
“The court sentences the defendants, Rahmat Arifin and Imam Hapriadi, to death as demanded by the prosecutors,” presiding judge Irfan Siregar read out the verdict as reported by kompas.com.
Arifin was charged under Article 340 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) on premeditated murder and Article 285 on rape, while Imam was charged only under Article 340, which carries the death penalty.
Irfan said the defendants had been proven guilty of premeditated murder without any mitigating factors that would have warranted a lesser sentence.
According to facts revealed during the trial, the events of the murder started when another convict, RA, who was 16-year-old when the case occurred, went to a factory worker dormitory where the victim lived. RA, who had been acquainted with EP for one month, reportedly asked EP to have sex with him, but she refused. Angered, RA left the room and met two other males, Rahmat and Imam. The three forced their way into the room, gang raped EF and then used a hoe to kill her in a particularly gruesome manner.
RA was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in June last year. His sentence was lighter because he was a juvenile. (fac/dmr)
