March 18, 2005

Rape caught on cameraphone

A 17 year-old girl was raped in a public restroom in Foligno, Italy by two men. They shot the whole scene with their video phone and forwarded it to their friends over the mobile network, according to an article in Italian Zeus News.

In Turin two month ago, a young girl and her friends was arrested because they were shooting and archiving all their thefts on their videophones. The pictures were used as evidence during their trial. [via the same article in Zeus News].

Related incidents around the world:

-- Saudi jails three for filming rape with mobiles

-- Pictures of alleged gang rape circulate (UK)

-- Ignominy (UK)

-- Camera phone cited in rape allegation (USA)