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full screen A father in Malmö posted a man on Facebook with his name and picture due to suspicions that the man had raped his daughter. Now the father is charged with gross defamation. Archive image. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
The investigation against a rape suspect was dropped by the police due to a lack of evidence. But before that he had been exposed as a rapist with his name and picture on Facebook and the post was widely circulated. Now a man in Malmö is charged with gross defamation, Sydsvenskan reports.
The hanging had serious consequences – the man lost his job and had to receive threatening messages.
The man who is now being charged is the father of the accused girl. In police questioning, he has explained that he acted in shock.
The girl’s mother is charged with unlawful threats due to the way she expressed herself in the comment section in connection with the hanging on Facebook. Both parents deny wrongdoing.