Salim Berrada sentenced to 18 years in prison

Salim Berrada, nicknamed the “Tinder rapist”, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Friday March 29 by the criminal court of Paris. He was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting 15 women he met on dating sites and social networks. For two other women, the court acquitted him, cconsidering that the evidence was lacking and that doubt should benefit him.

The court held the “particularly organized character”A “proven operating procedure” and the “serial nature of these crimes and offenses”judge “particularly worrying”just like the number of victims, indicated President Thierry Fusina.

The day before, the prosecution had requested a sentence of 19 years in prison for this 38-year-old man prosecuted for rapes and sexual assaults committed between 2014 and 2016.