The incident occurred in June when the defendant and his girlfriend were talking to acquaintances. An intoxicated man appeared, stared at the girlfriend, and spoke loudly on his phone. According to the court, the man made a sexual comment about the girlfriend and then tried to put his hand under her dress.
Several witnesses testified they heard the defendant yell 'Stay away from my woman' before he pushed the man, causing him to fall and break his collarbone. The defendant also pushed another man in the same incident, breaking his wrist. The two injured men denied making offensive comments or attempting to touch the girlfriend, and claimed the attack was unprovoked.
However, the court found the defendant's version, supported by other witnesses, to be most credible. The prosecution requested acquittal for both acts of violence, and defense lawyer Tone Monclair agreed. Prosecutor Hembre Endresen noted that the evidence picture can appear different when explanations are given orally in court compared to written material beforehand.
The court ruled that the comment and groping constituted a 'particularly provocative statement' under the Penal Code, and that pushing the man away was not disproportionate. It emphasized the defendant only intended to remove the man from his girlfriend, and the broken collarbone was an unfortunate outcome he did not consciously try to inflict. The court reached the same conclusion for the second push that broke the wrist.
In India, a 5-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, raped, and stuffed in a sack after being lured with sweets on her way home from school. She was found gagged with a pillow case inside a sack near a well after a two-hour search. A 35-year-old man was arrested, and a medical examination confirmed the assault.
The girl is in stable condition. The incident sparked community protests, and authorities assured urgent handling of the case. In Britain, Hadush Kebatu, an Ethiopian man, was mistakenly released from Chelmsford Prison instead of being deported.
Kebatu was sentenced to 12 months in September for five offenses including sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl, committed shortly after arriving by small boat. He was meant to be sent to an immigration detention center when freed on Friday. His arrest earlier this year triggered anti-migrant protests in London and other cities.
The victim's lawyer criticized the expert assessment as thinly reasoned and based almost solely on the defendant's statements, and said the victim fears for his safety.
According to Commander James Conway, Kebatu was found in north London after a diligent and fast-paced investigation, with information from the public leading officers to Finsbury Park. Justice Secretary David Lammy confirmed the arrest, said Kebatu will be deported, and ordered immediate strengthening of release checks and a full investigation into what went wrong. Media reports say Kebatu was confused by his release and tried to return to prison but was turned away, per an eyewitness.
The Helsinki Court of Appeal reduced the sentences of two men convicted of raping a 19-year-old woman in Vantaa in July 2021. The victim was returning home from a restaurant, met one of the men, and was later forced into oral sex and raped by both men on a yard area. She had numerous superficial injuries and reported the rape to her partner the same morning.
5 years and 2 years 2 months. In Sweden, the Svea Court of Appeal acquitted Shakir Mahmoud Shakir, a 38-year-old care assistant, of raping a 100-year-old woman and a 94-year-old woman in Stockholm. The district court had convicted him for the 100-year-old's rape but acquitted him for the 94-year-old.
The appeal court cited communication difficulties between police and the women, and that their accounts were short and lacking in detail. The court noted the women's advanced age could explain the unclear accounts, and there was no reason to believe they lied. A 39-year-old man convicted of child rape moved to Burseryd in February 2025, causing unease among neighbors due to his dark sunglasses, two black dogs, and aggressive behavior.
Rumors circulated that social services placed a gangster in the community. The man was discovered to be a serial offender convicted multiple times for sexual crimes against minors between 2005 and 2020, with the latest case resulting in a four-year prison sentence for child rape. At a crayfish party in August, he was accused of threatening to set his dogs on partygoers, and someone shouted a pedophile-related insult.
After his background was revealed, rumors spread that he was seen near a playground, football field, or school, and that he tried to lure children. Police received increasing calls from worried residents but could not confirm any sightings. A forged document claimed a named prosecutor sought the man's detention for new child rapes, but no such prosecutor exists.
In Helsinki, a 30-year-old man convicted of multiple sex crimes lured a 15-year-old girl, followed and touched her, and threatened to kill her when she refused his advances. He was sentenced in December 2025 for sexual assault of a child and illegal threats; his appeal was not accepted, making the sentence final. The events began in August 2023 when the man appeared at a Helsinki school, asked the girl's age, tried to hug her, and stroked her hair.
Judge Sarah Wright said there was a reasonable prospect of rehabilitation due to his guilty plea and no offending since 2011.
He obtained the girls' Snapchat usernames and messaged them; the girls arranged a meeting to gather evidence. At the meeting in an underpass, the man touched the girl's crotch with his knee and tried to hug her; later at a shopping center, he offered to buy alcohol and suggested drinking in a restroom. After the incidents, he sent threatening messages, including a video of skin being torn, and said he would kill the girl if she didn't meet him alone.
The man denied the crimes, claiming his account was hacked or someone else used his username. The court found the girl's testimony credible and supported by her friend's account. The District Court of Southwest Finland dismissed all charges against Anneli Auer and Jens Ihle in a wide-ranging sexual offense case due to lack of evidence.
The prosecution's evidence was based on psychological interviews of three youngest complainants from 2011 and related medical reports, which the court found unreliable. The court stated that the children's accounts contained unrealistic elements and discrepancies, and that the alleged crimes would have started improbably soon after meeting Ihle. The children later recanted their statements, saying foster parents pressured them to make false claims.
5 and 10 years in prison, respectively, and served their sentences. The recent acquittal is not final and can be appealed to the Turku Court of Appeal. In other court outcomes, a woman in her 60s was allegedly assaulted by a man in her 30s at a healthcare center entrance before Christmas 2024.
She said the man became angry, pushed past her, swore, and then struck her, causing her to fall into a wall and hit her head on a lamp, resulting in bruises, a bump, and a concussion. The man denied the assault, claiming he did not hit her or see anyone else do it. The district court acquitted him because, although it was proven the woman was struck, it was not established that the accused was the perpetrator; identification via license plate was deemed insufficient.
Separately, a man from Halmstad was accused of raping three women in 2023 after nights out; he admitted to sex but claimed it was consensual. The district court acquitted him on all counts, but the court of appeal convicted him of one rape and sentenced him to 3 years and 3 months in prison, plus damages of 240,000 SEK. The rape occurred in a hotel room in summer 2023; the woman said she repeatedly refused sex, but the man threw her on the bed, held her hands, and blocked her exit.
The man claimed they were play-fighting and everything was consensual. The Court of Appeal found the woman's detailed account credible, supported by photos of bruises and a friend's testimony that she reported the incident hours later. A man in his 40s was found guilty of imprisoning a teenager and subjecting him to violence in Trondheim last summer, but was later acquitted due to insanity.
Judge Wright accepted Brzozowksi had issues with functioning and understanding, and his maturity level at the time was probably similar to the complainant's.
The victim was tied up and beaten, suffering eight broken ribs and a punctured lung; a man in his 20s was sentenced to two years in prison. Experts concluded the man in his 40s had delusions at the time, so the prosecution withdrew the charges. The victim's lawyer, Erik Widerøe, criticized the expert assessment as thinly reasoned and based almost solely on the defendant's statements, and said the victim fears for his safety.
The defense lawyer, Tore Angen, believes the victim has nothing to fear and that the prosecution made the right decision due to doubt. A 50-year-old man was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting two men in 2022 and 2024, but the district court acquitted him because the evidence did not clarify what happened. The man denied all charges; one lay judge wanted to convict for one rape.
Jacek Brzozowksi, 35, admitted a charge of penetrative sexual activity with a child at the start of a trial. The victim was a vulnerable 15-year-old girl living at a children's home in Rotherham when the offence took place between 12 October and 1 December 2011. Brzozowksi was sentenced to 21 months in prison, suspended for two years, and ordered to sign the sex offenders' register for 10 years and carry out 40 hours of rehabilitation activities.
Judge Sarah Wright said there was a reasonable prospect of rehabilitation due to his guilty plea and no offending since 2011, and accepted he had issues with functioning and understanding, with his maturity level at the time probably similar to the complainant's. The complainant had been exploited by men Brzozowksi was acquainted with, and the episode was short-lived as it was interrupted by another man who reacted violently. Houphouet was jailed for 20 years and Sigiyo for 18-and-a-half years for rapes and sexual abuse of two victims.
In Kristiansand, police have dropped the case against a man in his 40s who was charged with cat abuse in autumn 2024. no to obtain cats for rehoming and then abused them. Police attorney Sondre Halvorsen stated the cases were fully investigated and dropped due to lack of evidence.
Police have received complaints about the case being dropped, and these will be assessed normally; if police do not reverse the decision, the cases will be reviewed by the public prosecutor. Sexual abuse is defined by law as sexual assault or sexual exploitation. Sexual assault includes rape, rape in concert, incest, sodomy, lewd or lascivious acts upon a child under 14, oral copulation, penetration by foreign object, and child molestation.
If there are no indicators of abuse, voluntary sodomy, oral copulation, or sexual penetration is not sexual assault unless between a person 21 or older and a minor under 16. Sexual exploitation includes conduct involving matter depicting a minor in obscene acts, promoting or coercing a child into prostitution, and developing or exchanging depictions of a child in obscene sexual conduct. Assessment of child sexual abuse must be provided at the earliest opportunity.
ER CSWs investigating sexual abuse allegations must be familiar with physical and emotional indicators and obtain necessary documentation. Indicators of child sexual abuse must be examined in context with other family characteristics. If there is suspicion of sexual abuse, the child's clothing must not be rearranged or removed except by a medical practitioner.
Staff must consult with Department of Mental Health professionals for interventions. ER CSWs and SCSWs are encouraged to work cooperatively with local law enforcement in sexual abuse investigations. CSWs must defer to law enforcement on forensic interviewing; officers may direct CSWs not to interview the perpetrator.
Medical examinations can yield forensic evidence admissible in court; lack of findings may be consistent with a child's statements.