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"Pedophile fighter" brought to justice for extortion and blackmail of gays
9 Jan. 2013
20-year-old malefactor, inhabitant of Nizhni Novgorod, earning by blackmailing of homosexuals, users of one of popular services of Internet dating, will be brought to justice.
He placed ads using pictures of "unstated minors" on dating service. Then he got acquainted with gays, invited them to his home. He recorded the meeting on video and threatened to make them public. As the press-service of the Nizhniy Novgorod regional court informs, during the meetings, there were also threats of physical violence. In a concrete case which will be considered in court, the malefactor extorted 6000 roubles, and also as "trophy" he has taken the victim’s cellular telephone. He has stolen the phone later.
The "fighter with pedophiles" is accused of the crimes specified in Articles 163 part 1 (extortion) and 161 part 1 (robbery) of the criminal code of Russian Federation. He recognized the crime partially. The crime when you come to think of it has signs of display of hatred on the basis of sexual orientation. However laws of Russia allow for homophobes to avoid additional responsibility. Earlier many courts refused to recognize the community of gays and lesbians to be considered a social group.
He placed ads using pictures of "unstated minors" on dating service. Then he got acquainted with gays, invited them to his home. He recorded the meeting on video and threatened to make them public. As the press-service of the Nizhniy Novgorod regional court informs, during the meetings, there were also threats of physical violence. In a concrete case which will be considered in court, the malefactor extorted 6000 roubles, and also as "trophy" he has taken the victim’s cellular telephone. He has stolen the phone later.
Gay.Ru
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