Sexual assault during a taxi journey

Supreme Court · Second Chamber (Penal) · 2022

What the Supreme Court considered and decided

The court upheld a conviction for sexual assault during a taxi journey. It examined the unwanted contact and restraint and the evidence assessed by the lower courts.

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The form contains the qualification and the law applied to the case, without comparing its penalties to those of any subsequent event.

Editorial summary from the official note of the CGPJ. It describes this resolution, without certifying the subsequent evolution of the procedure. It should be read with the legislation applicable to its facts, reforms and subsequent case law.