Key legal question
Whether the use of scissors made the rape 'cruel' under Art. 190(3) CP
Extracted holding
Yes. Threatening the victim with scissors exposed her to serious bodily harm or death and caused particular physical and psychological suffering beyond ordinary rape.
Extracted reasoning
The court interpreted cruelty restrictively but held that brandishing scissors at close range, threatening to stab the victim, was dangerous and disproportionate to what was needed to overcome resistance.