It was last summer that the man had intercourse with the girl, who was only 11 years old at the time. The crime took place in the man's home.

The man has denied that he had intercourse with her at the time. However, he acknowledged that they had sexual intercourse in the form of various sexual acts, but that it should have happened without coercion.

District Court: "He knew how old the plaintiff was"

In interrogation, the plaintiff told them that they came into contact with each other via social media. Once they started meeting, the girl stated that she was 12 years old.

The district court writes in the judgment that they perceive the plaintiff as very credible unlike the man. In the judgment, the district court writes that they find it proven that the man had intercourse with the girl and that he knew that she was under 15 years.
Therefore, he is convicted of rape against children with a prison sentence of one year and four months. The district court also decided that the man should be expelled after serving a sentence and pay damages to the plaintiff of SEK 115,000.