The Local Switzerland

Calls for Switzerland to bring in sexual consent law

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:11:44 +0200

Amnesty International has launched a campaign calling for a new sexual consent law in Switzerland which would make sex with someone who is not voluntarily participating become illegal.

Taxi driver jailed for rape of exchange student

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 11:32:10 +0200

An HIV-infected taxi driver in Lucerne has been sentenced to seven years in jail for raping an 18-year-old woman in the back of his cab.

Swiss rape suspect Tariq Ramadan has multiple sclerosis: doctors

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:53:18 +0200

Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, in detention in France over rape allegations, is suffering from multiple sclerosis, but could be treated behind bars, according to judicial medical opinion.

Emmen rape case closed, attacker never found

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:33:41 +0100

More than two years after a woman from the Lucerne region was raped in a horrific attack which left her paralyzed, the public prosecutor on Monday said it was closing the case, even though the perpetrator still hasn’t been caught.

Lucerne police: rapist who left victim paralyzed revealed a name

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:10:48 +0100

Investigators in the canton of Lucerne have released new information about the man who violently attacked and raped a 26-year-old woman in Emmen in 2015, leaving her paralyzed.

Swiss court convicts man of rape after he removed condom during sex

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:50:42 +0100

A man has been convicted of rape by a court in Switzerland for having sex without a condom with a sexual partner who believed he was wearing one.

One in three rapists isn’t locked up: statistics

Sun, 09 Oct 2016 22:13:56 +0200

In Switzerland convicted rapists often end up with a suspended sentence rather than behind bars.

Savage crimes raise questions over Swiss DNA testing laws

Fri, 20 May 2016 14:27:32 +0200

Should Switzerland lift restrictions on detailed DNA testing in criminal cases? The question is once again on the political agenda after a personal plea from the partner of the woman murdered with her sons in Rupperswil.

DNA testing begins in Lucerne rape case

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:58:31 +0200

Police in the canton of Lucerne will carry out DNA tests on 372 men in an attempt to catch the perpetrator of a violent rape on a woman who was left paralyzed by her injuries.

Finance counsellor shut up for raping daughter

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:02:23 +0200

A 59-year-old financial counsellor from the Basel area who repeatedly raped his daughter for two years from the age of seven and filmed the abuse faces an indefinite period in a psychiatric treatment centre.

German comic acquitted of Zurich rape charges

Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:18:00 +0100

German comedian and TV personality Karl Dall threatened to jump in Lake Zurich on Wednesday to celebrate his acquittal in a rape case brought against him by a Swiss journalist and photographer.

Swiss probe alleged cellar serial rapist

Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:43:25 +0200

Swiss prosecutors said Friday that they were probing claims that a 60-year-old man raped and tortured at least six women in a cellar, filming them in the process.

Florida police seek man after Swiss tourist raped

Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:26:00 +0200

Miami Beach police in Florida are tracking a man who allegedly raped and robbed a Swiss woman at a hotel in the US city last week.

India jails six men in Swiss gang-rape case

Sun, 21 Jul 2013 12:53:00 +0200

Six men accused in the gang-rape and robbery of a 39-year-old Swiss woman cyclist holidaying in India were sentenced to life terms Saturday by a fast-track Indian court.

Indian trial begins over rape of Swiss cyclist

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:45:00 +0200

The trial of six men accused in the shocking gang-rape and robbery of a 39-year-old Swiss cyclist holidaying in India began on Saturday, police said.

Four charged with Swiss woman's rape in India

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:07:00 +0100

Six men appeared in court on Monday over the gang-rape and robbery of a Swiss woman on a cycling holiday in India, an assault that has rekindled alarm about the safety of tourists and rising sex crimes.

Indian police arrest men for gang rape of Swiss

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:38:00 +0100

Police in India say they have arrested a group of farmers in their 20s who confessed to gang-raping a Swiss cyclist, the latest in a series of shocking sex crimes in the country.

Swiss tourist on cycle trip gang-raped in India

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 07:34:00 +0100

A Swiss female tourist was gang-raped in central India in front of her husband, police said on Saturday, renewing the focus on the issue of sexual violence against women in the south Asian nation.

Police search for Swiss gunman victims

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:58:00 +0200

Swiss police believe that a man who shot at an 18-year-old girl in the early hours of Sunday may be a repeat offender.

Chat-room rapist gets ten years

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:30:05 +0200

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for posing as a girl in internet chat-rooms, luring two girls to meet him and then sexually abusing them.