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Evil headteacher sentenced to death for raping 13 students as 8 fall pregnant
dailystar.co.ukraped 13 students and impregnated eight of them has been sentenced to death by a court after his initial life in prison sentence was overturned.Herry Wirawan, 36, received the death penalty after Indonesia's Bandung High Court heard how the series of rapes had taken place over the course of six years at an Islamic school.The court heard how the evil headteacher had sexually assaulted girls aged between 12 and 16 years over a six year period from 2016 to 2021, with the crimes coming to light after one of the survivor's families complained to police.Reports indicate that at least nine babies were birthed from the series of rapes, and some teenagers suffered injuries in Wirawan's many assaults.According to the court, he used 10 different locations to assault the girls, including a hotel, an apartment, the school foundation's office and a boarding school room.Wirawan assaulted the students under the pretext of offering them a massage and he intimidated victims by saying they "must obey the teacher".The headteacher had initially received a life sentence by a city court, but prosecutors approached the high court and filed an appeal seeking a death penalty for him.The court stated on its website: "[We] hereby punish the defendant with the death penalty."The rapist was also asked by the court to pay compensation of 300 million Indonesian rupiahs (£15,922).Wirawan promised marriage and finance for the survivor's university fee, as well as promising to take care of the children conceived by the victims.The 36-year-old's wife had reportedly been aware of the series of rapes but did not act because she had been "brainwashed" by him.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our.
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