05/31/2007
Dutch Arrest 4 for Gay Sex Party HIV Blood Injections
At least five men who claim they were raped at a Dutch gay sex party led authorities to arrest four others, two of whom have confessed to intentionally injecting men with HIV-infected blood. Police also arrested two others, one for his alleged involvement in the rapes, and another for selling a "considerable amount of drugs" including ecstasy and GHB.
District police chief Ronald Zwarter talked to the Associated Press about the incidents, which took place in the northern city of Groningen. Said Zwarter: "The suspicion is that, at these parties, they had unsafe sex with people they had drugged, and also that these people were injected with infected blood. The motive to do this was the 'kick,' and the feeling that unsafe sex is 'pure'."
According to the AP, "Prosecution spokesman Paul Heidanus said Thursday that the two who confessed would face charges of rape and "premeditated severe assault, which carries a maximum sentence of 16 years in prison. He said they would not be charged with attempted murder 'because of a Supreme Court ruling that found AIDS should no longer be seen as an inevitably fatal disease, but rather a chronic illness,' Heidanus said."
Reuters reports: "Police began investigating the gay parties after receiving tips, some from AIDS groups. The police confiscated several liters of GHB, sometimes known as a 'rape drug' used to make people unconscious, as well as thousands of ecstasy pills, photographs and other evidence. A court in Groningen on Wednesday ordered the suspects to be held in prison for at least 90 days."
According to a police statement, all the victims said they thought they had been infected with HIV: "The victims said they had had been made helpless or unconscious and then abused. They had ... involuntary and unsafe sex with one or more of the suspects."
Authorities said there may be both further arrests, and more victims out there.
Dutch police arrest 4 men in bizarre sex-crime investigation [ap via iht]
Posted 8:45 AM EST by Andy Towle in AIDS/HIV, Crime, News, The Netherlands | Permalink
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I have sympathy for the victims. I also have sympathy for Fred, Brian and the others who blame the victims for their plight.
People want to believe that the victim has something to do with what happened to him. Because if that's true, then we can assure ourselves that it won't happen to us, because we're smarter/more observant/more moral than the stupid, clueless slut who was victimized. The truth is scary: that this really could happen to any of us. We can reduce the chances of it happening, but not eliminate the chances.
Follow the advice that is given to young women: don't go out by yourself and don't accept drinks from strangers.
Posted by: chrisinSDCA | Jun 2, 2007 6:02:21 PM
infected wrong. Claiming rape went you went to a sex party is like being pissed you got tackled while playing football.
Posted by: sasha | Jun 3, 2007 10:35:31 PM
The guys knowingly went to a sex party and voluntarily took drugs. It sounds like they even bought the drugs there. When the guys say they were raped, they are merely trying to absolve themselves of responsibility for consequences wrought by foolish choices. They put themselves in a dangerous position and willingly suspended their free will. There's no rape here, just unknowing infection of partners. Let's get over the culture of victimhood and expanded definitions of rape.
Posted by: Davey | Jun 3, 2007 10:56:33 PM