Overview
- The court sentenced a 19-year-old to three years and eight months and a 20-year-old to two years and six months, with two others receiving suspended terms and one a warning.
- Prosecutors said the group used fake profiles on dating apps to lure gay men to remote spots where they beat, robbed, and humiliated them.
- The attackers often recorded the assaults on video and later admitted the crimes in court.
- Because most defendants were minors or young adults under juvenile law, the trial ran largely behind closed doors, though the verdict was announced in public.
- The court said it found no evidence of a wider network or a political motive behind the attacks.