Herry Wirawan Demanded The Death Penalty, Lawyers Asked The Panel Of Judges To Give Fair Sentence

The accused of raping 13 female students were herded into a prisoner's car after undergoing a trial for charges. (ANTARA/HO-Kejati West Java)

BANDUNG - The legal team for the accused of raping 13 female students asked the panel of judges to give the fairest verdict or sentence to Herry Wirawan as the defendant in the case.

Herry Wirawan's legal advisor, Ira Mambo, said his client had presented his defense before the Bandung District Court (PN) today.

"We ask for the fairest punishment, the specifics of which we cannot explain, and the defendant is also given the opportunity to defend himself personally," said Ira at the Bandung District Court, West Java, Antara, Thursday, January 20.

According to him, the trial with the agenda of reading the defendant's defense memorandum was held behind closed doors, so that his party could not explain in detail the contents of Herry Wirawan's defense. Ira also could not convey what Herry Wirawan denied against the charges from the Public Prosecutor.

"We cannot explain here what the contents of the defense are, because it must be complete and comprehensive and cannot be," he said.

Ira said the trial agenda would continue with the delivery of a replica of the Public Prosecutor's response to Herry Wirawan's defense. "The response next week on January 27, Thursday will be read a replica of our defense," he said.

Previously, the defendant in the rape case against 13 female students, Herry Wirawan (36) was demanded to be sentenced to death by the West Java High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati).

West Java Attorney General's Office Head Asep N Mulyana said the demand for the death penalty was given to Herry Wirawan for his immoral acts that caused the victims to experience pregnancy, which was considered a very serious crime.

"We first charge the defendant with the death penalty. As evidence, as our commitment to provide a deterrent effect to the perpetrators," said Asep.

In addition to the death penalty, Herry is also required to be sentenced to chemical castration. Then Herry was also demanded to pay a fine of Rp. 500 million and also demanded to pay restitution to the victims of Rp. 331 million.

Herry was charged with guilt in accordance with Article 81 paragraph (1), paragraph (3) and (5) in conjunction with Article 76D of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 17 of 2016 concerning Amendments to Law Number 23 of 2002 concerning Child Protection in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code as the first indictment.