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Philadelphia: Woman raped on subway and passengers filmed

THE rape of a woman in her subway Philadelphia could have been avoided if her fellow passengers, instead of pulling video of this “terrible criminal act” with their mobile phones, they had used them to call the police, according to the Transportation Service of Southeast Pennsylvania (SEPTA).

The woman was raped shortly after 9 pm, on October 13, on a SEPTA train that is in charge of public transportation in this US state.

“There were other people on the train who witnessed this horrific act and could have stopped in time if a passenger called 911“, The police call number, said the SEPTA representative John Golden.

SEPTA and the Upper Darby Police Department, which has undertaken the investigation of the case, not have confirmed other details, which were broadcast by local media.

Videos from train security cameras show the woman to tries to repel the perpetrator, pushing him repeatedly while he initially her θωπεύει and then attacks, reports Reuters.

According to local media, during the 45-minute incident, the other passengers filmed the perpetrator with their mobile phones, but no one intervened. Someone later reported 911: This phone call from a SEPTA employee who was off duty at the time allowed police to stop the attack and arrest a suspect.

The chronicle of the case

THE Fiston Ngoi, 35, is charged with rape, sexual assault and other offenses. He said he was living in a homeless shelter in Philadelphia, had been remanded in custody and would be brought before a judge on October 25. He claims, however, that the sexual intercourse was consensual, something that the woman denies.

The woman had had a few beers at a bar after work and boarded wrong train, at 9.15 the evening.

A few minutes later Ngoi got on the train, sat down next to her and tried to touch her. The attack escalated into rape on 9.52, always according to the local media.

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