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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    #1 North Yorks Red, Jul 13, 2023
    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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    #2 On yer tyke, Jul 13, 2023
    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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    #3 nezbfc, Jul 13, 2023
    It takes less than 10 seconds to pull a trigger and shoot someone.

    It's still shooting someone
     
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    #4 KamikazeCo-Pilot, Jul 13, 2023
    Sounds like a reight 'joke' dunt it?
     
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    #5 Scoff, Jul 13, 2023
    "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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    #6 JamDrop, Jul 13, 2023
    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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    #7 Hooky feller, Jul 13, 2023
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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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    #8 SuperTyke, Jul 15, 2023
     
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    #9 Skinner, Jul 15, 2023
    Wonder how the judge would feel if he was sexually assaulted for 9 seconds.
    May have a change of mind..
     
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    #10 icer, Jul 15, 2023
    Does it count as assault if the offender gets punched for 9 seconds
     
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    #11 Tyke The Tree-Frog, Jul 15, 2023
    Or his daughter. What a stupid bloke.
     
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