It was in February 2018 as the Solna district court in a widely noticed case acquitted a man from the assault of his partner. According to the indictment, he had in april, 2015, inter hit their partner repeatedly in the face, dragged her by the hair and printed a high heel court shoe in the woman’s face.
That argument appears stated a right that the man came from a ”good family” and that it is not uncommon that women are lying about that they have been abused.
shut down one of the two lay assessors and in may directed the parliamentary ombudsman’s criticism of the judge. Just before the new year, amended the court of appeal the judgment and convicted the man of assault to three months ‘ imprisonment.
In its ruling, wrote the court of appeal, inter alia, that it is ”out of the question to attach a certain affidavit to a greater or less importance due to the person who provided it belongs to a particular social group or kindred.”
When the Supreme court opted not to hear the appeal in the case, the judgment may.