Reward offered for info on woman's assault
Published: 18 Nov 12 13:42 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/44492/20121118/
An anonymous man has offered a 25,000 kronor ($4,000) reward for anyone who helps police arrest the teenagers who assaulted an 87-year-old woman in Helsingborg in the south of Sweden.
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She was punched in the face and fell to the ground. The boys then kicked her until she started bleeding.
The woman managed to make her way home where she was bedridden for days.
The assault happened on a Monday but was only reported to the police four days later by the woman's grandchild.
Now, a man has offered the 25,000 kronor reward to help police catch the culprits, the local Helsingborgs Dagblad newspaper reports.
Torsten Persson of the Helsingborg police has spoken to the anonymous donor.
"I have told him that if he wants to do this, that is perfectly fine. It will surely lead to some unreliable tips but we'll make assessments," Persson said.
Before the reward was announced, the police had not received any tips from the public.
According to Persson it is very unusual for members of the public to offer cash rewards.
"I have experienced it a few times, but usually it is relatives who are prepared to pay," he said.
For any information to the police the public is advised to call 114 14.
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That is unless the reward money jogs their memory.
An old man in Gbg is suffering from the results of such a violent attack, and even here people saw very little, and even the boys who took part are being considered as having given false evidence at the trial-
Hpefully both the old man and the old lady will recover, ut they will both be scarred, both physically and mentally from the violence they underwent at the hand of moronic youth.
Unfortunately, even if and when they are caught, the judgement handed out will be based on 'pojkstreck'.
Isn't it that time of the evening where you go look at a picture of 'insane anders' and stroke yourself?
It enrages me that a story about some SD members drunken words gets a half dozen stories here, yet this story, an actual violent crime, is buried deep down the page!