Sara Nilsson, the responsible publisher of Dumpen, has been charged with gross defamation, according to multiple reports. She was convicted of gross defamation in February of this year and given a conditional sentence and day fines. A man from Östergötland, who brought the defamation case against Dumpen, is appealing the verdict to the Court of Appeal, multiple reports indicate.
The controversial site Dumpen was founded by Sara Nilsson and former high jumper Patrik Sjöberg, according to research. Dumpen has for several years published information about people who tried to meet children for sex, research shows. The site calls itself 'Sweden's only news site with a focus on child sexual abuse,' research notes. Its methods, including posing as a child in chats, have been the subject of much debate, research adds.
The lawsuit was filed after Dumpen did not remove information about a man in his 40s, according to the man's lawyer. A man who was posted on Dumpen filed an individual lawsuit against the site in 2024, research indicates. In early 2024, Dumpen published information that the man had sought sexual contact with children, including his first name and profession, research shows. The case was tried as a freedom of the press and expression case before a jury, research notes. The February verdict was conditional and included day fines after the site published the name and picture of a man who sex-chatted with a fictional child, multiple reports indicate. The jury found the information defamatory, a conclusion the three judges in the court agreed with, research states.
The man questions the sentence as too lenient and points out that Sara Nilsson can be expected to continue similar public shaming, i.e., reoffend, according to the man. He received 43,100 kronor in damages but is demanding half a million kronor again. The parties in the defamation case agree that the district court verdict from February 6 is completely wrong, multiple reports indicate.
That verdict has been appealed to the Court of Appeal, but a new hearing is awaited in Göteborgs District Court, multiple reports indicate. A man in his 40s from the Stockholm area has filed a private prosecution against Dumpen, claiming 40,000 kronor, multiple reports note. In 2024, one of the men posted on the site sued Sara Nilsson for gross defamation, for which she has now been convicted, research shows.
Since Dumpen has a certificate of publication, the current publications were examined as a freedom of the press and expression case, research notes. Kristin Holgersson, a councilor and rapporteur in the case, stated that adults trying to contact children for sexual purposes are a societal problem that is, of course, important to highlight, but there are also limitations to freedom of expression when it comes to what information can be published.
The specific evidence or legal grounds that led to the conviction of Sara Nilsson for gross defamation have not been detailed publicly. It remains unclear how many separate legal cases are currently active against Dumpen or Sara Nilsson. The identity and full background of the man who filed the lawsuit against Dumpen have not been disclosed.
In a break from this news, a man in his 40s is sought for detention for the double murder in Brattås, according to the Prosecution Authority. The arrest was made possible thanks to DNA-based genealogy research that police have been allowed to use as a method since last summer, multiple reports indicate. The man is suspected of murdering a man and a woman in their 70s found dead on a farm in Brattås outside Härnösand in June 2005, police said.
The detention hearing will be held on Friday, multiple reports indicate. The exact details and outcome of the detention hearing for the suspect in the Brattås double murder case are not yet known.
Police were alerted to Herkulesgatan in Gothenburg to investigate a suspected dangerous object, multiple reports indicate. The object is assessed as sharp but with low risk of detonation, police said. It is unclear what the object is, but there is no danger to the public, police added.
A man in his 30s has died after a traffic accident outside Avesta, police said. The accident occurred between Norberg and Avesta at lunchtime, multiple reports indicate. Relatives have been notified, multiple reports note.
Three Swedes were killed in Lebanon in early March, multiple reports indicate. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs confirms the deaths to SvD after Aftonbladet first reported the incident, according to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The circumstances leading to the deaths of the three Swedes in Lebanon have not been disclosed.