Woman jailed for six years for killing her rapist

A 23-year-old woman was sentenced to six years and two months in prison for the murder of her rapist in Mexico.

“The woman acted in self-defense when she killed her attacker in 2021, but said she used excessive force,” reports said.

The woman, first knocked the man unconscious, then strangled him and finally tried to dismember his body.

She kept the body for at least 20 hours before putting it in a plastic bag on the street.

The court said that it took into consideration the woman’s “vulnerability as a woman and as an indigenous person” in its sentencing.

The woman will be appealing the sentence, which was handed down by Judge Mónica Osorio in Mexico.

“I feel sad and disappointed. They locked me up for nine months, they give me a sentence,” she said following the court hearing,” according to reports.