(Swiss Info) The Geneva public prosecutor’s office on Tuesday demanded a three-year prison sentence for Tariq Ramadan, 18 months of which would be mandatory, in an appeal trial. It believes the Islamic scholar is guilty of raping a woman in a hotel room in Geneva in October 2008.
According to the main prosecutor, Adrian Holloway, the 58-year-old plaintiff’s testimony was very consistent throughout the proceedings. Her account, in contrast to Ramadan’s, proved to be credible and detailed, said the representative of the public prosecutor’s office.
Certainly, there were affectionate messages that the plaintiff had sent to the Islamic scholar after the crime, he said. In his opinion, however, these words were proof of the power that Ramadan had gained over his victim after the night with him.
