One of the (many) problems the Swedish justice system has to deal with when it comes to crimes committed by immigrants from the Middle East and Africa is that since the true identities of these criminals is often not known, either is their age. The foreign criminal element in Europe has caught onto the fact that sentences for minors are significantly lower than adults, so many young men try to pass themselves off as being years younger than their actual age. With no documentary evidence, courts are reduced to conducting physical examinations to try and guess the age of the offender.
That brings us to yet another murder case in Sweden , this one committed by a Somali, who maintained he was 16 though it is suspected he is older. Instead of being sentenced as an adult for stabbing a man to death (66 times), he was sentenced as a minor and thus, will serve 3 and a half years.
This below article from Pettersson's Blogg is translated by Fousesquawk.
https://petterssonsblogg.se/2020/07/03/mord-med-66-knivhugg-och-ran-ger-35-ars-sluten-ungdomsvard-for-invandrare-med-okand-alder/
-by Av Pettersson
Murder with 66 knife stabs and robbery brings 3.5 years juvenile custody for immigrant of unknown age
Crime. In December last year, a dead man, Rabeen Zuher Khalid, was found by passersby in Lövgärdet in Gothenburg. He was beaten and had been killed with 66 stabs in his head, throat and neck. Today, two young men were sentenced for the act. One for murder and robbery, the other for robbery and protecting a criminal, aggravated crime.
The younger of the two, Ayuub Mahamed Nur, citizen of Somalia and citizen of Sweden, and possibly 16 years of age at the time of the crime, was sentenced for murder and robbery to three and a half years juvenile custody. The prosecutor had claimed that he was older than he stated and that he was 18, not 16, when it happened. On this the district court wrote: "In light of the margin of error regarding the medical age investigation and what else has emerged, the district court considers that the age of 19 does not appear more likely than 17 years. The district court shall thus assume the age which is most favorable to NN, and in this context, i.e., 17 years."
In the investigation, a letter was found where Ayuub himself wrote that he would soon reach 19 years, yet he is sentenced as a 16-year-old at the time of the murder.
Inset:
From Migration Court judgment UM 2437-13 dated 11 February 2014:
It is the asylum-seeker who must prove that he is a minor.
This principle also applies to unaccompanied children.
In the first place, written evidence is relevant.
However, the asylum-seekers has the burden of proof for his age and if he cannot prove that he is underage, he will be considered an adult.
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The older of the two, Ibrahim Ali Mohamud, born 1999, and for some reason, a Swedish citizen, was sentenced to two years in prison for robbery and protection of a criminal, aggravated crime. He is freed of suspicion of murder.
Pettersson wonders why (the courts) don't follow the law when it regards age, it is the asylum-seeker who must prove his age and if he can't he is to be considered an adult and sentenced as an adult.
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