It was at the beginning of June that the police were alerted to the apartment of a family with small children in Umeå. There, the mother testifies that her partner allegedly threatened her by holding their four-month-old baby off the balcony.
The baby’s older sibling, a preschool-age child, also witnessed the incident.
“The crime should be assessed as serious as the threat was particularly reckless and of a very serious nature with regard to the stated circumstances”, said the prosecutor in the indictment.
The man is now being sentenced for serious breach of child protection and serious unlawful threats. In addition to that, he is also sentenced for breach of child protection and illegal threats after threatening to beat the mother in the presence of the children.
The penalty is two years in prison, he must also pay damages totaling SEK 180,000.