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Five of Cuba's national volleyball players jailed for gang rape

Updated on: 21 September,2016 08:17 AM IST  | 
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Five members of Cuba's national volleyball team were jailed yesterday in Finland for a gang rape that took place during a Volleyball World League championship in July, a district court said

Five of Cuba's national volleyball players jailed for gang rape

Helsinki: Five members of Cuba's national volleyball team were jailed yesterday in Finland for a gang rape that took place during a Volleyball World League championship in July, a district court said.


Four players, including 27-year-old team captain Rolando Cepeda Abreu, Abrahan Alfonso Gavilan, 21, Ricardo Calvo Manzano, 19, and Osmany Uriarte Mestre, 21, were handed five-year prison sentences for aggravated rape.


A fifth player, Luis Sosa Sierra, 21, received a shorter sentence of three years and six months, while a sixth teammate, Dariel Albo Miranda, 24, was acquitted of the same charge.


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