Teh One Who Knocks
03-23-2016, 12:26 PM
Richard Hartley-ParkinsonRichard Hartley-Parkinson for Metro.co.uk
A man has been cleared of child abuse after a court heard he was asleep when he made a girl touch his genitals.
He was charged with forcing the eight-year-old girl to perform a sex act on him.
But the court in Stockholm, Sweden, found that it could not be proved that he was awake when the alleged incident occurred.
She was sharing the bed with the man – her mother’s boyfriend – and her mother at the time, according to Dagens Furidik.
The girl told the court that she remembered seeing the whites of his eyes when he took her hand and put it on his crotch.
After pulling back, she said that he took her hand for a second time and again made her touch his genitals.
It was accepted that the girl had told the truth, but prosecutors were unable to prove for sure that he was awake at the time.
Prosecutors said: ‘He took her hand and put it around his penis.
A prosecutor said: ‘He held her wrist and pulled her hand up and down. She pretended to sleep. She turned away.
‘He grabbed her hand again and continued in the same way. This may have repeated once more.’
A judge wrote: ‘There is no reason to believe that the plaintiff knowingly made false statements about this. It is not possible to rule out that she may have been mistaken.
‘It is also impossible to ignore the fact that [he], although his eyes were open, may have been sleeping when he committed the act.’
A man has been cleared of child abuse after a court heard he was asleep when he made a girl touch his genitals.
He was charged with forcing the eight-year-old girl to perform a sex act on him.
But the court in Stockholm, Sweden, found that it could not be proved that he was awake when the alleged incident occurred.
She was sharing the bed with the man – her mother’s boyfriend – and her mother at the time, according to Dagens Furidik.
The girl told the court that she remembered seeing the whites of his eyes when he took her hand and put it on his crotch.
After pulling back, she said that he took her hand for a second time and again made her touch his genitals.
It was accepted that the girl had told the truth, but prosecutors were unable to prove for sure that he was awake at the time.
Prosecutors said: ‘He took her hand and put it around his penis.
A prosecutor said: ‘He held her wrist and pulled her hand up and down. She pretended to sleep. She turned away.
‘He grabbed her hand again and continued in the same way. This may have repeated once more.’
A judge wrote: ‘There is no reason to believe that the plaintiff knowingly made false statements about this. It is not possible to rule out that she may have been mistaken.
‘It is also impossible to ignore the fact that [he], although his eyes were open, may have been sleeping when he committed the act.’