The politician was indicted in December 2017 for violating the beach protection. This after he cleared away sly, felled trees, leveled the soil and sowed grass seed for a future lawn on his own plot, a lake plot next to Lake Salen in Alvesta.

The notification was made by the municipality's environmental inspectors after it was discovered that he had not sought any beach protection dispensation for the measures, which were made on land near the beach edge.

The evidence is considered clumsy

But when the question has finally been tried in the district court, the prosecution is dismissed in its entirety. The district court considers that the prosecutor's evidence is too small, and important parts of the evidence have never been presented to the court during the trial, they write.

For example, an expert opinion is missing, which several of the prosecutor's witnesses refer to, which will describe how plant and animal species were affected by the measures at Johnson's site.

The judge does not want to help with questions

During the hearing, the prosecutor has also not been able to clarify what work was actually done and not done on the site, or whether land was excavated to the site, the district court considers.

The witnesses called by the prosecutor have not given testimony that contradicts Thomas Johnson's description; that he had not excavated any land that was not already on the site. "It is not up to the district court to help either party with questions," writes the chairman of the court in the judgment.

Johnsson is thus released, and the court costs will therefore be paid by the state.