Belgium: African man placed trash bag over wife’s head before raping and strangling her, but his lawyer argues in court that he ‘comes from a culture where a woman has to satisfy her husband’ (opens in new tab)

An African man from the country of Ghana has been convicted for placing a trash bag over his wife’s head, raping her, and strangling her. Now, the Ghanaian man’s lawyer is arguing that he should have a more lenient sentence because of his culture, where a man “must” satisfy her husband. “They come from a […]