The man had been convicted of two rapes in Malmö in 2017 and was serving his prison sentence as an adult man.

After the conviction, he was raised in the actual question of sanction, convinced the court that he was a minor - and received damages from the state of SEK 840,000 because he had already served a longer sentence.

The victim Petra, who was held captive in a basement and subjected to repeated rapes, was sentenced to SEK 225,000 in damages, and lives on with the memories.

"Direct offensive exit"

The news of the convicted rapist's damages received a lot of attention and provoked strong reactions last summer.

Mårten Schultz, professor of civil law and researcher at the Faculty of Law at Stockholm University, wrote in a comment in Svenska Dagbladet that the Chancellor of Justice has "decided 'by the book'".

At the same time, he states that the outcome is offensive "if you lift your nose from the law book".

- I think there are few who do not think that this is an unfortunate or directly offensive outcome, says Schultz to SVT News.

- What makes this case very special is that the man is still guilty.

But it is still a wrongful deprivation of liberty, so the fact that he has been convicted of the crime does not make the length of the prison sentence correct.

Political reactions

The case is handled under a special law, the Detention Act, and according to Mårten Schultz, the state has a strict responsibility to pay compensation to people who have been detained in an incorrect manner.

The JK decision on compensation of close to one million made the Moderates want to change the law.

The party agreed that it wants to tighten the adjustment rule and thus make it possible for the Chancellor of Justice to reduce, or completely remove the damages.

Instead, the government wants to sharply increase the compensation for crime victims.

In July last year, Minister of Justice and Migration Morgan Johansson (S) also received an investigation that, among other things, proposes just this.

The proposals, which have not yet become law, were welcomed by the Crime Victims Authority.

How much can crime victims get in compensation?

And how can criminals receive such high damages?

Listen to Mårten Schultz in the clip above.