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February 14, 2012
Sweden's 'youngest female pimp' remanded in custody
Published: 25 Sep 09 17:22 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/22300/20090925/
A 17-year-old girl and 19-year-old woman have been remanded in custody in Malmö on suspicion of selling a disabled teenager for sex.
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The 17-year-old is thought to be the youngest woman ever arrested for pimping in Sweden.
"I have never heard of anything like this before," said prosecutor Ulrika Rogland.
The 17-year-old has admitted that she had arranged for men to have sex with the girl in return for payment between August and December last year. Often she would have sex with two men at the same time.
The prosecution say that the 17-year-old's confession indicates that between three and eight men a week paid for sex with the disabled girl. The accused teenagers appeared before Malmö District Court for preliminary hearings on Friday.
The 17-year-old's lawyer, Gregor Fridh, asked the court to release the girl pending trial. He said her youth, the fact that she had confessed and the fact that she was now pregnant should be taken into account.
The 19-year-old accused has admitted that she on several occasions drove the disabled girl to appointments with clients. She also confessed to receiving money from clients. Her lawyer, Thomas Pettersson, also requested that the court release his client.
Refusing bail, the court said there was a risk that the accused would tamper with evidence or commit further crimes.
The 17-year-old has been reported several times for theft and assault.
She goes on trial on Monday on separate charges of kidnapping, robbing and threatening a girl who dated her ex-boyfriend. She is being tried together with two alleged accomplices.
The 19-year-old has a previous conviction for petty theft.
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"The victim was waiting at a bus stop in Malmö when a blue Mercedes pulled up next to her.
The three girls, aged 17, 18, and 19, then hopped out of the car and confronted the 17-year-old."
I guess we now know how these teens in Malmö could afford a Mercedes.
I wonder if the ex-boyfriend was also a pimp and got these girls started in the sex trade.
I agree, it is very americanised. The society is starting to break down in a similar manner to the way it has broken down in America. Children are being sexualised.
The victim is disabled. This is beyond sick.
These two pimps should be locked up and have the key thrown away.
That Sweden desperately needs to properly address the spate of sex crimes against women regardless of where the purpotrators come from.
I wonder how disabled this girl was???
and how could these men..the clients...find it morally correct to aid in the prostitution of a disabled person
and on a side note:
Lets just say that suppose the headlines said 'Sky Pink in Uppsala and Malmo' this one track minded bufoon would still find a way to link this to multiculturalism and because no pics were released...this 'man' will deduce that is has to be a non swede (preferably middle eastern)
This is a sick minded individual who overlooks the fact that such young people regardless of where they come from can be capable of doing such horrendous acts!
I hope this individual is not put into any real life situation where LOGICAL THINKING is a criteria...
Did this sort of thing happen 20 years ago? Did the rape rate explode 20 years ago? Did fireman have to wear bullet proof vests and special helmets for rocks 20 years ago? Was Sweden one of the safest countries in the world 20 years ago?
What could possibly have changed?
A lot of the posters on the local are not even from Europe, let alone Sweden.
That is the problem. We have fanatics from outside Europe posting.
Most of the hypocritical american men who read this are probably secretly drooling at the thought, and making pompous statements of virtue.
The religious right wing never criticizes TV advertisement abouts erection-enhancing drugs, because business is a god here.
How do you know where "a lot of the posters" are from? And what difference would it make anyway?
@ Owldog
"This has nothing to do with the character or culture of Sweden"
Precisely; it is an alien influence.
But can you both of you answer the questions:
Did this sort of thing happen 20 years ago? Did the rape rate explode 20 years ago? Did fireman have to wear bullet proof vests and special helmets for rocks 20 years ago? Was Sweden one of the safest countries in the world 20 years ago?
What could possibly have changed?
There you go again. This article is about a teenage pimp. nothing whatsoever about race or immigration. YES there was rape 20 years ago. What has changed is the SWEDISH culture with less control or supervision of children. Yesterday I saw an old lady around 80 knocked down by a couple of teenage girls who just laughed. Those girls where blued eyed blondes
People who have been victims of violence are at a greater risk of becoming perpetrators of violence. If those blue-eyed blondes had been abused by immigrants when they grew up then their violence can be explained by immigration.
Did the incident with the 80 year old occur in an place like Malmo?
So no answer then; just a silly story that may or may not be true about blue eyed devils.
The only thing that has changed in Sweden in the past 20 years is the makeup of its people and the new enrichment of their "culture." The only place fireman have to wear bullet proof vest and rock proof helmets is in immigrant areas. The places where crime is through the roof and this kind of story emerges is in immigrant areas.
In the UK gang rape was unheard of 20 years ago, today it is common place.
Who is behind it? Well, let that famous Black rights activist Darcus Howe tell you:
"A trawl through the courts revealed that, in 80 per cent of the cases of gang rape, the defendants are black."
http://www.newstatesman.com/199811200011
How does that fit in with your "change of culture" with less control or supervision of children rubbish?
She will NOT be tried as an adult which means that when she turns 18, she will be released from jail because she committed the crime as a juvenile!