A 14-year-old girl in Xianning, Hubei Province was forced into prostitution, and a 50-year-old businessman was sentenced to seven years in prison for rape.

　　On November 12th, Red Star journalists from Xianning, Hubei Province "14-year-old girl was forced ‘ Prostitution ’ " The family of the victim was informed that recently, the local court has made a judgment on the case. The defendant Fu Qiuquan was convicted of rape and sentenced to 7 years in prison. Fu Qiuquan and others compensated the victims for various economic losses of more than 324,000 yuan.

　　According to Red Star News, on April 30, 2019, Fu Qiuquan, a 55-year-old businessman in Xianning City, Hubei Province, had forced sexual relations with Li Fang (a pseudonym), who was 14 years old and coerced.

　　Behind this, it is a complete illegal "buying place" chain composed of multi-layer middlemen, "clients" and victims.

　　The People’s Court of Xian ‘an District of Xianning City said in the first-instance judgment that it was found through trial that in 2018, after meeting Lu Yu, a woman who runs a bar in Xianning, Fu Qiuquan repeatedly said that he was willing to pay a high price to find a virgin to "buy a place" for transshipment because his business was not smooth.

　　After Lu Yu and his employee Lareina C cheated the victim Li Fang out of his home through layers of relationships, and then restricted Li Fang’s personal freedom, and asked Li Fang to "engage in prostitution" through repeated "persuasion" and coercion.

　　↑ The court found through trial that the victim was coerced and induced by many people.

　　On the night of the murder, Fu Qiuquan forced sexual relations with Li Fang while Li Fang was nervous, crying and resisting. That night, Fu Qiuquan paid Lareina C 8000 yuan in two installments. This 8000 yuan was divided by Lareina C and others, and Li Fang did not score.

　　During the trial of the case, after judicial appraisal, Li Fang met the diagnostic criteria of "post-traumatic stress disorder", and his social function was obviously damaged, and his disability grade was rated as Grade 10.

　　Li Fang’s family told Red Star News that after the incident, Li Fang suffered from mental illness and has been receiving medication. "In recent years, it has cost more than 20,000 yuan to see a doctor, stay in hospital and buy medicine."

　　In August 2020, the People’s Court of Xian ‘an District of Xianning City made a criminal judgment on the case of Lareina C and Lu Yu introducing prostitution. The court said in the judgment that Lareina C and Lu Yu constituted the crime of introducing prostitution, and both of them could be given a lighter punishment according to law because they pleaded guilty.Lareina C was sentenced to 1 year and 6 months in prison and fined 7,000 yuan. Lu Yu was sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in prison and fined 5,000 yuan..

　　Recently, Fu Qiuquan’s case of committing rape has also reached a verdict. The contents of the verdict of the People’s Court of Xian ‘an District, Xianning City obtained by the Red Star journalist show that during the trial, Fu Qiuquan argued that the victim had sex with him voluntarily, and he did not commit coercion, which did not constitute rape.

　　In this regard, the Xian’ an District Court stated that after seeing the victim, Fu Qiuquan found that the victim was immature, thin, nervous and unhappy, and very young. He did not voluntarily "sell the place" and still forced to have sex with the victim. He continued to commit sexual assault when the victim cried and resisted because of pain, which obviously violated the will of the victim, and his behavior constituted rape.

　　↑ The court said that Fu Qiuquan’s sexual assault clearly violated the will of the victim.

　　The Xian ‘an District Court also stated that Fu Qiuquan should be severely punished for raping a minor victim and causing the victim to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and grade 10 disability.Fu Qiuquan was sentenced to 7 years in prison for rape..

　　↑ Fu Qiuquan was sentenced to 7 years in prison for committing rape.

　　The Red Star journalist also noticed that the victim’s family filed an incidental civil lawsuit.

　　In the judgment, the Xian ‘an District Court mentioned that the victim in this case, as a minor with immature mind, had weak self-regulation and self-repair ability. After being infringed, he was repeatedly admitted to a specialized hospital for treatment due to depression and negative thoughts. It can be concluded that Fu Qiuquan and others’ infringement behavior caused serious mental damage to the victim.

　　"Combined with the principle of priority and special protection for minors, our court believes that this case can be considered as a special case that meets the conditions of compensation for mental losses in incidental civil proceedings." At the same time, the court made an incidental civil judgment,Fu Qiuquan, Lu Yu and Lareina C were ordered to compensate the victims for various economic losses of more than 324,000 yuan..