A man is suspected of raping several children

A man is suspected of raping several children

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full screen The man, who has now been indicted on suspicion of a series of sex crimes against children, has been in custody since September. Archive image. Photo: Tim Aro/TT

A man in his 40s is suspected of having exposed nine children to a large number of sex crimes, reports Smålands-Tidningen.

The man, who is a native of Nässjö municipality, is suspected of, among other things, three cases of rape against children. According to the indictment, he caused several girls to perform sexual acts on themselves in front of film cameras, while they chatted with the man.

He is also suspected of several cases of exploitation of children for sexual posing, sexual molestation, unlawful invasion of privacy, gross defamation and child pornography offences. Some of the crime victims are suspected of having been exposed to several different crimes.

The man is also charged with rape against an adult woman. The rape allegedly took place, and was filmed, while the woman was sleeping.

According to SVT Jönköping, the man has in several cases deceived the girls he chatted with that he is a boy of their age. The youngest girl suspected of being victimized was eleven years old.

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