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Finnish Court Convicts 5 Cuban Athletes of Rape

A Finnish court on Tuesday convicted five members of Cuba's national volleyball team of aggravated rape and ordered them to pay a total of 24,000 euros ($27,000) in compensation to the victim. Four of the men were sentenced to five years in prison, while a fifth man got 3 1/2 years. The District Court of Pirkanmaa acquitted a sixth man, who had been held in police custody with the five others in the southern city of Tampere. The trial was held behind closed doors. The men had...


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