According to Filippa, it is well known that girls risk getting into trouble in Uppsala's nightlife.

- I had the pepper spray because I feel insecure here.

It was also Valborg, then a lot of shit happens.

There is legal defense spray, why did you not use it?

- I found the spray outdoors and saw that it was pepper spray, but I did not know that it was illegal.

Yes, I may have been wrong not to check it out, but I did not buy it myself or use it.

Filippa, who was previously unpunished, is now sentenced to a daily fine for minor gun crimes.

Police: Do not want to comment

SVT has been in contact with the Uppsala police who do not want to comment that people carry pepper spray for fear of getting into trouble.

They also do not want to comment on what the risks are with pepper spray.

However, the press spokesperson Tobias Ahlén Svalbro writes in an email:

"It is the task of the police to check that everyone in Sweden follows Swedish law."

Pepper spray is legal in neighboring Denmark, among other places, but there the police union has warned that it could lead to an increase in violence.

There is also a concern that the public will not receive training in how to use the spray.