If you think our judges are barking sometimes

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  1. North Yorks Red

    North Yorks Red Well-Known Member

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    Does it count as sexual harassment if an assault lasts less than 10 seconds?

    Many young people in Italy are expressing outrage on social media, after a judge cleared a school caretaker of groping a teenager, because it did not last long enough.

    The case involves a 17-year-old student at a Rome high school.

    She described walking up a staircase to class with a friend, when she felt her trousers fall down, a hand touching her buttocks and grabbing her underwear.

    "Love, you know I was joking," the man told her when she turned around.

    After the incident, which happened in April 2022, the student reported the caretaker, 66-year-old Antonio Avola, to police.

    He admitted to groping the student without consent, but said it was a joke.

    A Rome public prosecutor asked for a three-and-a-half year prison sentence but this week the caretaker was acquitted of sexual assault charges. According to the judges, what happened "does not constitute a crime" because it lasted less than 10 seconds.
     
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    That’s a dangerous news article to get out. Feel for the lass, that might curse her for the rest of her life.

    On a lighter note, if anything sexual that lasts less than 10 seconds doesn’t count. Then you might as well call me Mary. :D:D
     
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    It takes less than 10 seconds to pull a trigger and shoot someone.

    It's still shooting someone
     
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    Sounds like a reight 'joke' dunt it?
     
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    "And I suggest to you
    That it takes
    Just five... seconds
    Just five... seconds
    Of decision
    To realize
    That the time
    Is right
    To start thinkin' about
    A little
    Revolution..."

    Spaceman 3 "Revolution"
     
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    Count 10 seconds to your self, it’s a really long time to be groped. Any amount of seconds is sexual assault but choosing 10 is a really high barometer.
     
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    Pinching/Grabbing a bum if unwelcomed. 1 second maybe at best. Is sexual assault over here. Rightly so.
    Italians have their own rules. I know I'm married to half of one. Other half I let go.:)
    Ouch.
     
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    Wonder how the judge would feel if he was sexually assaulted for 9 seconds.
    May have a change of mind..
     
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    Does it count as assault if the offender gets punched for 9 seconds
     
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    Or his daughter. What a stupid bloke.
     
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