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A man has been convicted of rape after having unprotected sex with his girlfriend, who thought he was wearing a condom.

The 47-year-old was arrested after the woman discovered he had not used protection as she requested and reported him to the police.

The Frenchman appeared before a court in Lausanne, Switzerland, this week.

He told a jury he had intended to wear a condom when the pair, who met over Tinder, had sex in June 2015.

He claimed he removed it after it ripped while he was putting it on.

But the Swiss woman said she would have refused sex if she had known her boyfriend was not protected.

The unnamed man, who was handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence, said he planned to appeal his conviction.

The verdict is the first time a Swiss court has ruled unprotected consensual sex was tantamount to rape, the victim's lawyer told broadcaster RTS .