A woman has been convicted by the Court of Appeal for Skåne and Blekinge for insulting a public official after she called a judge at Kristianstads District Court "little asshole" in an email. The court ruled that the insult, directed at the judge in an email to the district court, crossed the boundary of what a judge in their official capacity should have to tolerate. The woman was sentenced to 40 day fines for the offense.
According to reports, this appears to be the first conviction by an appeals court for insulting a public official since the offense became a crime last summer. The court noted that in several previous appeals court rulings, individuals had been acquitted for similar insults directed at police officers.