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May 26, 2012
Top cop jailed for sex crimes
Published: 30 Jul 10 11:57 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/28098/20100730/
A former principal of Sweden's police training college and chief constable of Uppsala County has been jailed for six and a half years for crimes including aggravated rape, pimping and paying for sex.
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Prosecutors had wanted Lindberg to serve eight years in jail. Lindberg argued that he should be released, claiming that his long period on remand was sufficient punishment for the crime of paying for sex.
Lindberg was arrested on January 25th in Falun, where he was on his way to a meeting with a young girl with whom he had planned a sexual encounter. At this point he had been under police surveillance for some time.
When he was arrested, Lindberg was carrying a bag containing items that could be used to facilitate sexual assaults.
The charges against Lindberg sent shockwaves through the Swedish police service. His seniority and the nature of the charges against him make it the biggest ever scandal in Swedish policing.
The impact of the charges was all the greater due to Lindberg’s reputation as one of the Swedish police’s top authorities on ethics and morals. He frequently gave lectures on topics such as gender equality and spoke out against sexual harassment and bullying.
Two members of the police board in Uppsala County are new demanding the establishment of a "truth commission" to investigate whether Lindberg committed crimes while he was serving as chief constable, between 1997 and 2006.
Prosecutor Håkan Roswall said that two prostitutes have claimed he was a client while he was still chief constable. The allegations were not investigated because the crimes were past the statute of limitations.
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And did Spitzer get any jail time?
this Uppsala cop's case is most unfortunate but sh*t does happen. At some point, the prostitution laws in Sweden most be reviewed. It takes two to tango. You can't just prosecute only the person paying for sex whereas the person doing the selling is allowed to walk scout free. The current practice encourages and enboldens prostitution rather than discouraging it.
Think about it this way. If you dropped the 8 counts of paying for sex, would you think better of Lindberg?
I think you wouldn't. It's like charging a man with rape, pimping and making a fool of himself. I really don't get this new law.
If you read the judgement you'll find what a wonderful personality he is.
You'll find out that all the women involved where vulnerable women. Some of which were self harming and therefore committed at various institutions. They sold sex because they were in that situation and because they needed the money. All the cases appear to be that way. Inexperienced unstable women who sold sex because they appeared to have nothing better to do and not counting on ending up with a violent perverted man.
If the anti-prostitution maffia needed arguments, they just got some.
Then you have the 3 convicted men. The sentences make a mockery out of the judicial system here. If it was right to convict then surely the penalty should have been more severe.
The other two were both running their own companies etc, yet the dagsbot was quite low, like 180-280 kr or something.
Does anyone earn that little money these days? A joke.
You can read about it yourself here:
http://politisktinkorrekt.info/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=76
cheers