In addition to being an odd story, I am some what surprised he actually received 7 years in jail for rape:
A Korean man was sentenced to seven years in prison for raping the sister of his Filipino wife. The man, 39, surnamed Jeon, was also ordered to receive 120 hours of sex-crime prevention education.
An appellate court in Gwangju handed down the ruling on Wednesday, overturning a lower court’s acquittal.
“The accused raped his sister-in-law who came from the Philippines to attend his wedding ceremony. It’s really a bad crime,” wrote Judge Lee Jae-kwon in a ruling statement. “The victim experienced a great deal of humiliation, shame and mental shock, which caused serious depression, stress-driven emotional disorder and chronic insomnia.”
According to court documents, the incident happened on Feb. 15 last year, three days before the wedding ceremony. The groom-to-be raped his sister-in-law after they went out together to buy gifts for wedding guests.
A lower court acquitted him based on circumstantial and tangible evidence, with which it presumed the two to be in a romantic relationship. [Korea Times]