And the lawyer for the defendant told the victim that she could have avoided the sex assault if she had just adjusted her own behavior. The West is swiftly internalizing the idea that whenever Muslims commit acts of violence, it’s the non-Muslim victim’s fault.
“Taxi sexual assault victim could have avoided attack, says driver’s lawyer,” by Genevieve Gannon, AAP, May 11, 2016 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A MELBOURNE court has heard a young woman could have avoided being sexually assaulted by her taxi driver if she had taken her mother’s advice to sit in the back of the cab like other women.
“She sat in the front seat … she was advised by her mum not to do that,” barrister Ben Mallick, acting for driver Omar Hassan, told the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.
“She can avoid this happening by doing what other women do … by sitting in the back seat.” The point was rejected by Magistrate Andrew Capell and Mr Mallick agreed not to press it.
However, Hassan was yesterday spared an immediate term of imprisonment for three counts of indecent assault after Mr Capell heard he suffered from post traumatic stress disorder….