A 48-year-old man from Hordaland is sentenced to 16 years in prison for nettovergrep against children, reports NRK. The man should have paid to see that a number of children were sexually abused in the Philippines.
the Offences happened a number of times in the period spring 2011 to the fall of 2016, according to the ruling from the Bergen district court, and the total should be about more than 190 offended children under 16 years of age.
the Case described as one of the most comprehensive cases in the West politidistrikts “Dark Room”complex.
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the Man, who is a former local politician for the Labour party, came with the abuse directly to his PC. According to the judgment, it is revealed that the man had created multiple users in different the internet-services.
“This has made it possible for him to communicate with other similar users. including through the camera at the users, was the opportunity to view the photos, sometimes also with sound”, states the verdict.
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And further:
“the Investigation uncovered large amounts of chat logs, which showed that the defendant had extensive contact with philippine users”.
the Investigation also showed that there were made payments from the defendant to very many people.
It was after the cooperation with the Norwegian police that the philippine police aksjonert to the mother of two of the victims in the case, according to NRK. According to the judgment she had previously forced her daughter to perform sexual acts on her three month old little brother. The woman was put in prison, and the children ended up in the institution.
Hidden investigation
The 48-year-old man was charged with seksuallovbrudd in February 2016. The police had in some time prior to this driven investigation against him, which also Anders was involved, according to the judgment. The man did not know about the indictment, before he was arrested in his home in October 2016.
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48-year-old had preached the judgment of 16 years on Wednesday night. The judgment in its entirety, at 155 pages.
district attorney in the case, Magne Kvamme Sylta says he is experiencing the judgment that thoroughly.
” I am very pleased that the court has found the defendant guilty of the majority of the circumstances of the case. The judgment sends a strong signal that children are entitled to legal protection both in the domestic, abroad, and in the other continent – that children are entitled to legal protection regardless of the place they find themselves in, ” says Kvamme Sylta to the Newspaper.
the Right priorities
During the proceedings, he laid down the claim that the 48-year-old should be sentenced to the statutory highest penalty of 21 years .
– Now we shall consider the judgment carefully and see if we will appeal, ” says the prosecutor, who commends the police for their efforts in the investigation of the case.
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Police have through the “Dark Room” and etterforskningsmiljøet found until he now is sentenced. I will give praise to the police for having been given the green light there. This also shows that police priorities and resources have been correct, ” says Kvamme Sylta.
Defend the man
The 48-year-old man has been in custody since he was apprehended in 2016. His defense Torbjørn Kolås Sognefest points out towards the Newspaper that the prosecution did not succeed in its claim about the law’s strictest punishment; 21 years prison and detention of the man.
– In light of the fact that my client had preached the judgment yesterday, he has not had time to set itself properly into it yet, ” says Sognefest to the Newspaper.
the Client has confessed parts of tiltalepunktene.
He adds that they probably will appeal some of the records in the judgment, but that it is too early to say anything about what.
Jeanette was abused by his father from the time she was two to nine years old:
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