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Monday, April 27, 2020

Another Sweden Rape Case Is "Adjudicated"

Hat tip Fria Tider. Translation by Fousesquawk.




Here is another typical story out of Sweden. Boy meets girl. Boy rapes girl. Boy gets probation. That is the case of Omar (LNU), who has been convicted of beating, choking and raping a 14-year-old girl at a shelter on Gothenburg. Omar is from Syria and claimed to be born on January 1, 2001, which made him just hours short of his 18th birthday when the act was committed. Of course, as is noted in the below article, Swedish authorities apparently took his word for it as to his true age. He could be 30 for all we know.

So Omar is free as a bird on probation since the shelter where he has been living, in the words of the court, "appears to be well tailored to meet his needs." And  forget about deportation. Omar is now a proud Swedish citizen!

The Swedish blog, Fria Tider, has the details. Translation by Fousesquawk.

https://www.friatider.se/omar-valdtog-flicka-pa-hvb-hem-timmar-innan-han-fyllde-18-slipper-fangelse



Picture of the sentenced (man) from an earlier case in 2017. Police photo of scene of crime where the girl was raped.


Omar raped girl in HVB-home hours before he turned 18- escapes prison
-Published 27 April 2020 06:13 am

DOMESTIC: Omar claims that he was born January 1, 2001 and therefore, he was only 17 years old when he raped a 14-year-old girl on New Years Eve 2018. Therefore, he comes under a sharply reduced sentence and completely avoids prison for child rape.

"It  should be particularly noted  that Omar had not turned 18 when he committed the crime of rape on a child," the high court writes in justifying the rapist getting away with custody.

On December 31, 2018, in an HVB-home in Gothenburg, a 14-year-old girl was raped anally and vaginally by Omar, who comes from Syria. The rape occurred hours before Omar turned 18, according to the age information he himself had provided to Swedish authorities.

During the rape, personnel at the residence were busy with paperwork, wrote OMNI when the sentence sentence was announced. The girl, who also lived at the home, was therefore left alone with Omar in the HVB-shelter on New Years Eve.

During a police interview, the girl reported that Omar asked about her age, and she answered that she was 14 years old. They were told that a meeting in the residence was scheduled, and they went into another room to play ping pong. After a few games, they sat on a sofa and talked.

When Omar showed her his room, he suddenly turned off the lights and locked the door, according to the girl who said that she then understood what was going to happen and said, "No". Omar lay over her on the bed and took off her clothes. The girl said, "No, I have a boyfriend," several times, but Omar didn't care, rather proceeded to rape her while he banged her head against the wall and tied a string around her throat. He asked if it hurt and tightened it even more after she answered, "Yes," according to the girl.

Afterward, the 14-year-old girl went crying to her room and told her boyfriend on Facetime that she had been raped and strangled. The boyfriend's mother also learned about the rape and told the girl to alert the personnel. She told the personnel about the abuse and said that she wanted to report it. The police came to the HVB-shelter, and the girl was allowed to go the hospital, where an examination was performed.

A couple of weeks later, between January 14-22, 2019, Omar  was involved in three different incidents where he had cannabis resin in his possession. On January 16, 2019 Omar attempted to steal a pair of pants from D and O Retail AB, in which he tripped the alarm and left the premises. The pants were worth 1,199 kronors. That ended with Omar being caught by guards before the crime was completed.

Received Swedish passport after a few years

Public records show that Omar needs an Arabic interpreter and is both a Swedish and Syrian citizen. He came to Sweden in 2014 with his mother. His father had come to Sweden a few years before they did. The rapist was granted Swedish citizenship around January 2018. Therefore, he cannot be deported home to the Arab world under present legislation.

Omar has two previous entries in criminal history records. In September 2017, he was sentenced to 70 hours youth service for assault, verbal abuse, aggravated theft, threats against an official, attempted violence against an official, violent resistance, and a minor drug offense. In September 2018, he was convicted for minor drug offenses, for which he was sentenced to youth custody.

At the end of November 2019, Gothenburg's district court announced the judgment in the rape case. Omar was sentenced for rape against a child, three counts of small drug possession, and attempted theft. The sentence was probation. He must also pay 115,000 kronors in damages to the girl. Of the damages, Omar's parents must along with him, jointly pay 9,100 kronors.

"It should be particularly noted that Omar had not turned 18."

Since Omar "was only 17 years old at the time of the act, the sentence value is reduced to one third of what it is for an adult perpetrator," wrote the district court.

The reason is that Omar had reported that he was born January 1, 2001, which would mean that he turned 18 the day after the rape. January 1 is a date that many immigrants from the third world claim they were born when they come to Sweden and for various reasons don't want to give their true age.

It is still possible to sentence the 17-year-old to prison, but the court did not see any particular reason to do that. The treatment that he receives at his HVB-home "appears to be well tailored to his needs," according to the law, and can "in comparison with a prison sentence, substantially increase the conditions in which Omar doesn't return to crime."

In April 2020, the High Court for Western Sweden announced its judgment.The district court's judgment is affirmed as to (guilt). The damages are changed only in that the High Court decided that Omar's parents  will not pay damages to the girl.

The High Court is in agreement with the district court that "it should be particularly noted that Omar had not turned 18 when he committed the crime of rape on a child."
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Fousesquawk comment: As to those monetary damages: Since Omar is no doubt without sufficient funds to pay the damages, it will all be picked up by the Swedish tax-payer. It is part of the reason all these so-called refugees want to go to Sweden. 

It should also be particularly noted (to borrow a phrase from the Swedish court) that this particular shelter may have met Omar's needs, but it did not meet the needs of the 14-year-old victim.

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