Mass Acquittal in Heinous Gang Rape Trial Ignites Public Fury in Sweden

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A Swedish court's decision to acquit five men of immigrant backgrounds accused of a gang rape in the Stockholm suburb Fittja for lack of alleged evidence has sparked an emotional outburst across the Nordic nation.

 

The 30-year-old victim claimed she was assaulted and raped by up to ten different men for four hours in a doorway. At the scene of the incident, there were up to 20 men who filmed the incident and laughed.

 

The acquittal of five immigrant men, three of whom were charged with aggravated rape and two with complicity in rape, also means that they won't have to pay any damages, which has triggered strong reactions.

 

The three men admitted to having sex with the 30-year-old woman, yet insisted it was strictly consensual. The two men acquitted of complicity were previously accused of filming the incident, which took place in the Stockholm suburb of Fittja in the summer of 2016, but despite extensive searches no evidence could be found.

 

Although a court found that the woman had sustained injuries in the form of skin discoloration and scrapes, their origin could not be established. Senior Judge Erica Hemtke also criticized the investigation, stating that the charges were built on faulty grounds, despite torn clothes and sperm presented as evidence.

 

The woman's defense lawyer Elisabeth Massi Fritz, a renowned campaigner for women's rights, slammed the ruling, calling it an "embarrassment." "The verdict is an embarrassment for our legal system. No perpetrators should escape such a cruel and ruthless gang rape. This is the worst gang rape I have worked on in 26 years," Elisabeth Massi Fritz said, as quoted by the Samtiden website venturing her client had not been given a fair trial. Massi Fritz said she would not give up and pledged to appeal the verdict to the court of higher instance.

 

 

​The woman claimed to be "very disappointed" over the not guilty verdict and said she felt "deprived of her rights," adding that the judge interrupted her several times, not allowing her to speak, unlike the accused.

 

Previously, strong criticism was directed at the media's coverage of the case, as a 23-year-old suspect was interviewed by the media, which also put an emphasis on the victim's drug problems.

 

 

​Following the verdict, demonstrations were arranged in several places across Sweden, including Fittja, Stockholm and Malmö in support of the woman and in protest of sexual assault. The participants, who demanded more severe punishment for rape, more skilled politicians and a minister charged with stopping sexual violence, sported placards with inscriptions such as "Society is failing, the law is evading, but we are here — the people."

 

 

​Sara Wettergren of the Liberal Party said she never thought she would have to protest gang rape in her hometown of Malmö. "If Sweden's image as the world's most equal country has not cracked before, it certainly did today after the Fittja verdict," Wettergren told the Sydsvenskan daily.

 

Previously, the Malmö police retracted their advice not to go out alone after dark, which they had issued after a series of sexual assaults, including a brutal gang rape of a 17-year-old girl, which included torture. Police spokesman said the advice was "unfortunate and unclear."

 

 

When interviewed about measures needed to stop the brutal sexual violence in Malmö, local feminist and activist Hanna Höie argued that "more youth club buildings" were needed to keep people entertained.

 

Source: https://sputniknews.com/viral/201712201060155898-sweden-gang-rape-protests/

[bb4]

WTF 

[Dulcinea]

 

[Mephistopheles]

why is this such a problem in nordic countries? i don't know much about migration there 

[PurachinaDisuko]

Oh my god...

[Shut Up And Take My Money]

This is why some people take justice into their own hands.

[kissxkiss_baby]

And they just gave swedish brothers 14 years for 1000 instance of assault against minors. EW, Sweden.

[Saint Rose]

YIKES. That’s awful and shameful. Not only that, it’ll only cause more friction between Swedes and the refugees/immigrants

[caffe]

why is this such a problem in nordic countries? i don't know much about migration there 

 

This case is very disturbing. 

I'm from Finland (neighbor of Sweden) and at least in Finland, way too many people are extremely racist towards immigrants especially if they're from Middle East. The hate burst when people from Syria started migrating to Europe which has raised some financial problems. That's a serious topic, but on top of it few too many people here enjoy calling them terrorists and rapists and so on.. 

[Saint Ren]

I don't get shit like this, it's keeps happening with rape cases, the footballer in the U.K that only served half his sentence, Brock Turner in the U.S who only did 3 months and is appealing to be taken off the sex offender's register. Do the courts just not care. 

[Vocea]

Yup, that's Sweden in a nutshell: no punishment commensurate with the crime and we pity the monsters while blaming the victims. 

 

As the priest of Bjästa in another highlighted rape case stated: That poor, poor boy!... Oh... eh, and the girl, too, of course...

[nutella]

Sweden is on a roll, I just read another post of two rapists of 1000 children only getting 12 years in jail. I guess when it comes to protecting its citizens from sex crimes, Sweden doesn't put that too high on the priorities list.

[sistren]

if the police are issuing orders like "don't go out alone at night" then we got a fucking problem cap 

[Mr. Phoenix]

...too many people here enjoy calling them terrorists and rapists and so on.. 

 

And you can't guess why?

 

 

The next step will be extrajudicial, when many of these "guests" start turning up dead in parks and fountains in the morning.  I guess the Swedish police will have trouble figuring out why that is happening, too. 

[abra]

The police were really really incompetent in this case and failed to get any evidence since they searched the wrong doorway

[delirium]

incompetence all around

[azure]

Political correctness will cause the third dark ages in Europe. Everyone is so afraid to be labeled a racist that they rather let their countries turn into a third world cesspit than deporting these feral people back to their respective home countries.

 

"When interviewed about measures needed to stop the brutal sexual violence in Malmö, local feminist and activist Hanna Höie argued that "more youth club buildings" were needed to keep people entertained."

 

What a complete and utter moron. #Treason.

[Zenist]

People that comes from third world countries are uncivilized as fuck, who woulda thought? 

[LisaVandercunt]

When you accept uncivilized, uneducated individuals to your county what do you expect is going to happen? Shame on Swedes and Sweden.