Italy's Cassation Court on Monday
ruled that licking someone suddenly in the face is sexual
violence.
The country's top appellate court sentenced a 42-year-old
man from the coastal city of Pescara to a 15-month jail term for
licking a woman against her will during a fight in the street,
toughening a 2013 appeals sentence by a court in L'Aquila .
The pair were reportedly business rivals with shops in the
same street and were fighting in front of witnesses when the man
threatened the kill her, touched her breasts and then "suddenly
licked her" - a non-consensual act which the court said amounted
to sexual violence.
The incident occurred in January 2009.
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