Today, the verdict came in the case that has received a lot of attention since SVT Sport in March revealed that a police investigation was underway with links to the Swedish Ice Hockey Association.
A man with connections to the union was prosecuted in May, for during an ice hockey tournament he had connected a grip on the plaintiff (an employee of the union) when she spoke on the phone, and "itched" against her.
"A misunderstanding"
The trial was held in Södertörn District Court last week, and prosecutor Johnny Järlefelt then demanded a 100-day fine for sexual harassment, while the accused denied the crime.
During a police interrogation, he claimed that it was a "friendly hug", while his lawyer Kerstin Koorti after the trial (which was held behind closed doors) called it "a misunderstanding".
When the verdict was announced today, it turned out that the court had followed the prosecutor's line, and the man was sentenced to an 80-day fine of SEK 1,000.
"XX (the convicted person" has harassed the plaintiff in a way that was intended to violate her sexual integrity ", the district court writes in its judgment, and further writes that he committed the act with intent.