Swedish Court Jails Man 4 Years, 5 Months for Coercing Wife Into Sex Sales
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Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 16
Swedish Court Jails Man 4 Years, 5 Months for Coercing Wife Into Sex Sales
3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Jun 16
Summary
A court in northern Sweden sentenced a man to four years and five months for aggravated procurement after finding he pressured his wife to sell sex to large numbers of men.
The ruling also covered attempted rape, two assaults, six unlawful threats and a minor doping offense, with judges saying he coerced her into online sexual acts, receiving buyers and approaching neighbors and customers.
The court ordered him to pay 200,000 kronor ($21,300) in damages to his wife, who reported him to police last October; he had denied wrongdoing and claimed he was helping her.
Prosecutors had said at least 120 men bought sex with the wife, and in related cases 28 of 29 accused buyers were convicted of 56 purchases, with two jailed.
Judges acquitted the man on eight rape counts and three additional attempted rape counts, saying they could not prove in several instances that the woman’s participation was involuntary.