Kazakh Men Sentenced In Rape Case Of Teen Girl Who Survived 10th-Floor Jump

The courtroom in Pavlodar

A court in Kazakhstan's northern city of Pavlodar handed prison terms to three men on August 10 in a high-profile rape case.

The victim, a 16-year-old girl, after being raped by one of the three men, jumped from the 10th floor of a building to escape the threat of group rape.

The girl, whose identity was not revealed, survived the incident, which took place a year ago.

The court found a 19-year-old defendant guilty of raping an underage person and sentenced him to 15 1/2 years in prison.

Two other defendants were convicted of failure to report a crime and sentenced to four years in prison each.

With reporting by Tengrinews and KazTAG