A Danish court sentenced a former journalist (47 years old) at the newspaper Ekstrabladet to three and a half years in prison, after a previous life sentence for sexually assaulting children.
The wife reported it to the police.
وبدأت القضية عندما تلقت طليقة الصحفي اتصالاً من أمريكيين يُطلقون على أنفسهم “صيادو الاعتداء الجنسي على الأطفال، وقاموا بإبلاغها عن سلوك زوجها على الإنترنت، فقامت بدورها بإبلاغ الشرطة ومن ثم طلبت الطلاق بعد اعتقاله بعد زواج دام لمدة 25 عاماً، حيث قامت الشرطة وبالتعاون مع الزوجة بالتخطيط لاعتقال الصحفي المتهم وتفتيش المنزل، وتم القبض على الصحفي المتهم في أبريل/نيسان 2021، وبدأت القضية المرفوعة ضده في Roskilde في أغسطس/آب من العام الحالي، وقد طالب الدفاع إطلاق سراح المتهم إلى حين بدء الحكم، لكن القضاة اعتقدوا أنه يجب أن يظل رهن الاحتجاز من أجل الضحايا.
Indictment
The defendant faced a 25-page indictment containing hundreds of charges of indecent assault against at least 40 children, including six counts of rape, although it did not actually occur. However, because the child victims were under 12 years old at the time of the assault, it was deemed legally equivalent to rape, so he was convicted in four cases on rape charges.
In addition, the accused possessed 24,121 pictures and videos showing naked children or children being abused in various ways. The accused also secretly recorded a large number of videos in his home of his children’s friends, as well as of his children while they were naked while using the toilet or bathtub, in addition to recording videos of himself touching them in prohibited places.
Demanding indefinite imprisonment
During the trial, the defendant claimed that the so-called child sex offender hunters were actually part of a rival network of child molesters who wanted to kill him, but no evidence was presented to support this claim.
The prosecutor had demanded indefinite imprisonment, but with six votes in favor and six against, the defendant narrowly escaped an indefinite prison sentence.
The prosecutor also demanded a minimum six-year prison sentence for the defendant, but the court did not agree to that. In addition to the three-year and six-month prison sentence, the defendant was also sentenced, according to a number of criteria, to be prohibited from communicating with children and young people under the age of 18, and he is not allowed to live under one roof with children and young people under the age of 18, in addition to obligating him to pay compensation in varying amounts to a number of victims as well as the costs of the case.
Mental and psychological examination of the interested party
وفي فحص عقلي للمتهم وُصف بأنه منحرف جنسياً بشدة، ومع ذلك تم تقيمه بأنه ليس مريض نفسي، لكن مجلس الفحص الطبي صرح بأنه يجب أن يحكم عليه بالمؤبد، وصرح المتهم للأطباء بأنه لا يعتقد أن هناك أي أطفال أصيبوا بصدمة نفسية من أفعاله، حيث أنه “قام فقط بتصوير بعض الفيديوهات” وأنه خطأ الصحافة بسبب تغطية القضية ولذلك الأطفال الآن في حالة صدمة.
In addition, the defendant hoped that a member of the public would protest on his behalf during the trial because he himself did not believe that the videos he recorded were vulgar, yet he said that he regretted his actions and that he believed they were wrong.
The accused apologizes for his actions.
During the trial, he also apologized to his children, whom he hoped to see again one day, and said that the press coverage of the case did not cover all aspects and that he feared he would not be able to get a job as a journalist again after serving his sentence.
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