Girls convicted for a false rape report in Vitsebsk

Two young women in Vitsebsk have been sentenced to prison terms for making a false rape statement.  One of the girls called the police and said that she and her friend had been raped by the man who was their guest. Investigators proved that the man was totally innocent.

He was part of a company that was having fun together with several more friends. After two days of drinking, the host felt tired with this protracted party. To get rid of her guests, she made up a rape story, reports ERB correspondent Yadviha Stasheuskaya.

A local district court sentenced the apartment host to one and a half years in prison. Her friend received the same term of suspended sentence.