Outrage in Sweden after court refuses to deport convicted rapist

A Swedish appeals court docket’s choice to not deport a convicted rapist as a result of his assault on a 16-year-old woman was not deemed “exceptionally critical” has sparked outrage and a backlash in opposition to Sweden’s justice system.

The Courtroom of Attraction for Northern Norrland confirmed to Fox Information Digital that the suspect, an Eritrean citizen and unlawful immigrant, Yezied Mohamed, had been sentenced to a few years in jail for the rape of the 16-year-old woman from the northern city of Skellefteå on September 1, 2024. The court docket acknowledged that the crime, whereas critical, didn’t meet the brink for deportation attributable to its nature and brief period.

The ruling led to a swift condemnation from Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, who launched an announcement video promising stricter deportation legal guidelines. “Nobody ought to have to fret about assembly their attacker or rapist on the road,” Kristersson mentioned. “Those that commit critical crimes in Sweden and should not Swedish residents should go away the nation.”

In a written response to Fox Information Digital, Decide Lars Viktorsson mentioned the court docket had thought of each the character and period of the act, noting that there was no use of a weapon and no sexual activity, and that “the period of the incident had been brief.” “It’s true that the period of the rape was vital in assessing the problem of deportation,” Viktorsson acknowledged. “However the nature of the crime was simply as vital.”

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson attends a press convention on Sweden’s NATO bid on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, in Stockholm, Sweden. Practically two years after Sweden formally signed as much as be a part of NATO, its membership now depends upon convincing one nation, Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, to formally ratify its bid to hitch the navy alliance. (Pontus Lundahl/TT Information Company by way of AP, File)

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Kristersson vowed to introduce “the strictest laws in all of the Nordic international locations”, saying any crime carrying greater than a high quality may result in deportation. “With these new, stricter guidelines, six occasions as many individuals are anticipated to be deported. We’re going additional than any authorities has ever finished earlier than.”

Migration Minister Johan Forssell echoed the Prime Minister’s sentiment in a video he posted on X, calling the case unacceptable. “The sufferer’s proper to security should all the time outweigh the perpetrator’s proper to stay in Sweden,” he mentioned. “Subsequent yr I’ll current new laws that can make Sweden the strictest nation within the Nordic area in terms of crime-related deportations.”

“We should additionally overview the worldwide treaties which have to this point made it harder to hold out needed deportations.

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An exterior view of the Stockholm District Courtroom in Stockholm, Sweden, is seen on October 15, 2024. Yezied Mohamed was not tried at this court docket, however on the Courtroom of Attraction for North Norrland. (Jonathan Klein/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

The court docket initially acquitted him, accepting that rape had occurred, however discovered inadequate proof that he was the perpetrator. On attraction, the Courtroom of Attraction overturned that ruling, concluding that Mohamed matched the outline given by the sufferer and a witness, and that forensic proof positioned him close to the crime scene.

The court docket sentenced him to a few years in jail, the minimal for rape in Sweden, and ordered him to pay compensation of 240,000 Swedish krona, about $25,600. It dominated that whereas the crime was critical, it was not “of such an exceptionally critical nature” to warrant deportation underneath refugee safety. One choose disagreed and located he must be deported.

The choice attracted world consideration after social media posts claimed Mohamed prevented deportation as a result of the rape “lasted lower than ten minutes.” Though there isn’t a particular timeframe within the judgment, the court docket confirmed that period was a think about its evaluation.

Swedish journalist Christian Peterson advised Fox Information Digital that the wording of the ruling – referring to the “character and period” of the act – “turned a spotlight of public anger.”

“The judges themselves decided which elements of the crime had been related and whether or not they had been sufficiently critical to justify deportation,” mentioned Peterson. “That makes this assertion so controversial.”

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Peterson mentioned the case highlights a broader downside: Sweden’s issues deporting migrants even after critical convictions.

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“In Sweden it is vitally tough to deport migrants, even these convicted of significant crimes,” he mentioned. “This case turned symbolic as a result of individuals really feel it exhibits how the system protects perpetrators higher than victims.”

He famous comparable circumstances, together with the 2016 homicide of Elin Krantz, a younger lady killed by an Ethiopian man with a resident allow, and up to date studies of rapes in retirement houses involving foreign-born staff.

A police automobile in Stockholm, Sweden on Could 1, 2021. (Nils Petter Nilsson/Getty Photos)

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“It was solely after the right-wing coalition took energy in 2022 that significant reforms started to take form,” Peterson mentioned. “Beforehand, the problem was thought of too politically delicate.”

Sill, he says, “Sweden has not joined a Danish-Italian initiative throughout the European Union to reform the European Conference on Human Rights, which critics say limits the power to deport convicted offenders. Denmark, Italy and Austria have signed on; Sweden has not.”

As public anger grows, the Swedish authorities is underneath strain to implement stricter insurance policies.

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Decide Viktorsson advised Fox Information Digital that the court docket adopted current legal guidelines and precedents, “however the energy to alter deportation requirements lies with lawmakers.”