site.bta“Valium Rapist” from Netherlands Gets Nine-Year Jail Term in Bulgaria

“Valium Rapist” from Netherlands Gets Nine-Year Jail Term in Bulgaria
“Valium Rapist” from Netherlands Gets Nine-Year Jail Term in Bulgaria
A mosaic mural in the Palace of Justice in Sofia (BTA Photo/Nikola Uzunov)

The Sofia City Court sentenced Netherlands national Johann Stellingwerf to nine years’ imprisonment, the court’s press office said on Wednesday.

Stellingwerf was charged with two offences, sexual abuse and rape, committed in Bulgaria. The case is at first instance.

The man is known as “the valium rapist”.

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