The prosecutor demanded eight years in prison, but the Gothenburg District Court increased the sentence to 12 years.
- The penalty is far too high, says the 23-year-old's lawyer.
The verdict will be appealed as lawyer Arash Raoufi believes that there are doubts in the prosecutor's line, which the district court chose to go on.
The doubts are about how the 23-year-old was singled out as the perpetrator, who according to the verdict was primarily through positioning of power and the victim's testimony.
- The plaintiff's memory picture is not correct.
He may have been affected, says Arash Raoufi.
The 23-year-old man had only months earlier served a sentence for a felony.