They are sentenced after a new DNA analysis for eleven years old rape of children

“The Court of Appeal concludes that the plaintiff's information is credible and that they receive such support from the investigation that the prosecution is substantiated.

The renewed DNA analyzes have shown DNA from the plaintiffs on the wrong side of the man's underpants. "

First acquitted in the Court of Appeal

SVT Nyheter has previously reported on the case of the 14-year-old who reported that he was raped by a man in his 50s just over ten years ago.

The man was prosecuted and convicted in the district court but acquitted by the Court of Appeal.

The court questioned the boy's credibility and the DNA trace secured at the time did not support his version according to the court.

But the DNA trace was archived and found a few years ago in an inventory of so-called trace security kits, which are used to document traces of suspected sexual crimes, at the Stockholm Police.

About 600 track safety kits were reviewed again to check that they did not miss anything that could lead to unsolved cases being cleared up.

During the investigation, the case of the 14-year-old was found and despite the fact that it had been clarified legally, the saved DNA trace was sent for re-analysis.

- We hoped that new, more refined methods would produce a good DNA profile that we did not get before and it succeeded, says Tommy Vestergren who was responsible for the investigation at the Stockholm Police

New analysis yielded hits

The new analysis identified a DNA that previously failed to identify the trace that was secured at the event.

It strengthened the boy's story and met the requirements for new evidence required for a rise.

That is, a verdict is overturned and the trial is resumed.

Erection is applied very restrainedly and erection to the detriment of a single defendant, as in this case, has only occurred a few times during the last decades.

The man has denied the criminal charges, but at the beginning of June he was again prosecuted in the Svea Court of Appeal and today he was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison for raping a child.

The statement made by the man in the Court of Appeal regarding the DNA traces is not considered credible. Due to the time that has elapsed since the act was committed, the Court of Appeal has considered that the man should be sentenced to a lighter sentence than the minimum sentence for rape of a child.