The connection that the teens were included was marriage -like, notes Helsingborg District Court, which convicts the parents for child marriage crime.
“It is therefore not about such a marriage that is valid either in Sweden or in Serbia but about a marriage -like connection which means that you are considered spouses in the group you belong to,” says councilor Sofia Tollgerdt in a Press release.
The parents have denied crime. The prosecutor has, among other things, referred to films from the parties, both what is said in the films and how the participants have been dressed.
You can see that the young couple are dressed in typical wedding clothes, and the girl has henna on her hands, which indicates that it is a religious wedding, prosecutor Ulrika Ekvall has previously told to SVT News Helsingborg.
In the assessment of the penalty length, the court has taken into account that the parents have had to wait a long time for prosecution and trial in court.
The Child Marriage Act came into force in 2020 and applies to marriage where at least one of those involved is under 18 years.