Sweden judicial system commits travesty of justice by allowing violent rapists to go free.
VÄSTERÅS, Sweden (PNN) - July 23, 2018 - Three Africans filmed and shared on social media their prolonged bloody group violence of a 13-year-old girl in Västerås.
But now - in a travesty of justice and a demonstration of how the Sweden judicial system supports violent criminal behavior - the court of appeals has chosen to nearly halve their punishment - from eight months to four and five months of youth detention. A fourth rapist cannot be punished because he is said to be a child.
On June 14, 2017, a 13-year-old girl was raped in a flat in Västerås. The three Somalis, reportedly born in 2000, were each sentenced in April for rape against a child to eight months of youth detention.
The judgment was appealed and the prosecutor demanded the perpetrators be punished.
Instead, Svea Hovrätt chose to severely lower their penalties, and furthermore, release one of the Somalis from the charge of child pornography, as it is unclear from the video if the girl has completed puberty.
Two are now sentenced to five months in juvenile detention, with the third released having served only four months.
The Africans plied the young girl with alcohol then one of the men brought her into the toilet, raping her. After she left the toilet, three of the men brought her back in and raped her at the same time. This led to the girl’s abdomen “splashing” and blood began to pour out.
As she cried, she was raped again while the others watched. It appeared later that two of the Somalis had filmed her as she was repeatedly raped. The videos were the strongest evidence in the case and were played during the trial.
The court’s verdict revealed that afterwards the girl began to self-harm, became cold and angry. She has missed a significant amount of school and has nightmares causing sleep deprivation. The film was spread on social media causing rumors and taunting of the girl.
The court documents show that all three convicted men have dual citizenship in Sweden and Somalia, meaning they cannot be expelled to Africa. The fourth person was registered as under 15 when the crime occurred and will not be punished at all.
The court of appeal includes Bertil Ahnborg and Agneta Munther, tf. Judge Joar Söderlind. Board members are Sonja Leikrans and Lars Molin.
Ed. Note: Personally, I would take a lesson from the Saudi Arabian system - cut off the penises of the violent criminals, regardless of their ages. That would guarantee they would never again rape or assault anyone.