“Man detained for a rough rape in 1995,”
“A 58-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of raping an eight year old girl in Gothenburg for the nearly 24 years ago.”
“the Case was about to lapse, but a change in the law made it possible to trace the suspect.”
“the Rape in september 1995, was highly acclaimed. The eight-year-old girl was on her way home from school in Billdal, in the south of Gothenburg, when she is mugged by a man. He pulled her into a wood, where she was beaten and raped. She was later found at a bus stop.”
“There were no witnesses to the attack, but the rapist had left the dna trace behind. The police topsade approximately 350 people in the investigation, but no suspect was found. The case would be time barred after 2020.”
“But a change of polisdatalagen meant that since the new year, the National forensiskt center to do a so-called familjesökning in the dna registry.”
“– You took the dna from the crime to see if one close relative of him was in this register. And there was it, ” said prosecutor Johan Udén who held the häktningsförhandlingen, TT.”
“the Tracks led to the 58-year-old, who was called to the topsning. Man did not come to it, and the police went home to him, but he was not at home.”
“After the reconnaissance, he was arrested in western Sweden Thursday. A new test showed that it was his dna that was found on the girl.”
“on Saturday arrested the man on probable cause suspected of aggravated rape, reports several media. 58-year-old denies the crime.”
