A man in Medelpad was charged on 25 counts, including rape of a child, and sentenced in the district court to four years and three months in prison for a number of different sex crimes against ten young boys.

The Court of Appeal reduced the sentence to one year and six months in prison and acquitted the man of the rape.


Here are the points on which the man was charged:

  • Rape of children

  • Sexual abuse

  • Purchase of sexual act by children (two points)

  • Attempts to purchase sexual act by children

  • Attempts to exploit children through the purchase of a sexual act (eight points)

  • Exploitation of children through the purchase of sexual acts

  • Exploitation of children for sexual posing (two points)

  • Attempts to exploit children for sexual posing

  • Sexual harassment (four points)

  • Serious child pornography crime (a total of 938 films and pictures with child pornographic content, a large part of which is described as "particularly ruthless / gross abusive material")

  • Attempts at blackmail (two points)

  • Abuse in court (to get one of the victims not to report)

In the video, we summarize the whole case of the sports leader in one minute.