It was in the fall of 2022. “Martin” was free after serving two prison sentences for sexual offenses against young girls. Among other things, rape against children.
After Muck from prison, he continued to commit sexual offenses, even though he says he really wanted to quit, but could not do it. When he realized that the police were on the track again, he contacted his lawyer.
– He wanted to go to the police and report himself, says lawyer Michael Jacobs.
The police admitted “Martin” that he continued to commit sexual offenses. Among other things, unmisted girls in the city park in Falun, and tried to exploit children for sexual posing.
Still, he had to go home – continued free. Something he himself thinks is strange.
The penalty value was too low
Chamber Prosecutor Karolina Lassbo, was the preliminary investigator and responsible for the measures the police took in “Martin’s” case. She says it was impossible to deprive him of liberty when he admitted. The penalty value for the deeds he admitted was simply too low. The prosecutor and police did not know then was that there were more victims.
– In that situation, there were only three plaintiffs it was about. Him would not have been arrested on it, says Lassbo.
That despite the fact that “Martin” was previously convicted of similar crime.
“If the police had done their job, the girls would not have been exposed”
– We ended up in a completely different position when the police seized his phone. Then 17 additional plaintiffs were discovered. Some of the deeds that the plaintiffs told about had a higher penalty value, and we could claim before the court that he renounced his crime. Then it was no problem to arrest him and get him detained, Lassbo explains.
Today, “Martin” is in prison again. He is serving his third prison sentence – just over two years in prison for over 100 crimes against 16 young girls between 13 and 16 years. He acknowledges all the crimes he was convicted of.
– It is me who is responsible for what I did, I do not want to blame myself, but had the police done their job there and then when I admitted, then the girls would not have been exposed.