The honduran got huge media attention in the spring. Solna district court pointed out, inter alia, to the man, unlike the woman, came from a ”good family”. As grounds, it stated also that it is not uncommon for women to lie about that they have been abused.
” this was the reason that two of the lay assessors performed to free the man, I can not easily find on any other grounds, the judge said Lena Klintefall then to DN.
shut the Solna district court of one of the two lay assessors, and in may directed the parliamentary ombudsman’s criticism of the judge
On Wednesday, the court of appeal changes the district court’s judgment. The man is sentenced now to prison for three months for assault. He shall also pay damages to the woman for the violation and pain and suffering.
for its assessment in writing to the court of appeals that the woman’s story seems credible. It is also supported by other evidence that the journal entries and photographs of the damage. The man’s information and the evidence submitted by his relatives to him, is however assessed to have limited probative value.
In its ruling, writes the court of appeal that it does not matter what background that a hearing person has, for example, by the latter belong to a particular social group or extended family.
– This is an obvious application of the fundamental principle of everyone’s equality before the law, says appeals judge Claes Söderqvist in a statement.
the court of Appeal’s judgment is unanimous.
