Woman in Germany gets longer jail sentence than rapist for insulting him over gang sex attack on teen

The sentence has sparked anger over what critics see as the flaws in Germany’s judicial system, with disproportionate punishment for defamation. Photo: Getty

James Jackson
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A woman in Germany has been given a harsher sentence than a convicted rapist after she was found guilty of defaming him.

Maja R, a 20-year-old from Hamburg, called him a “disgraceful rapist pig” and a “disgusting freak”, defamatory under German law.