Swedish Man Jailed for Abusing Minors in the Philippines
30 May 2012 |
According to the philstar.com, a Swedish court has found a 76-year-old Swede guilty for sexually abusing three minors in Cebu on The Philippines last year. The man was sentenced to one year and six months imprisonment.
The Swedish man, Bobby Herranen, was sentenced by the District Court of Eskilstuna,Tingsratt. Herranen was proven guilty on charges of sexual abuse involving two 12-year-old girls and a 13-year-old minor from Dalaguete.
The conviction was made possible through the active coordination of the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime (PCTC) with their counterparts in Sweden. PCTC is an agency under the Office of the President.
The Swedish court ordered Herranen to pay 810,000 Swedish kroner (90.000 euro) in damages to the three complainants.
The abuses reportedly happened in three separate occasions last year, two of which, happened inside an informal class room where Herranen offered free English lessons in Dalaguete.
Since Herranen started teaching free English lessons to her female neighbors on January 2011, the sexual abuses reportedly persisted and were kept secret by the victims.
The 12-year-old girl told Swedish Public Prosecutor Anne-Christine Mederud that she was sexually abused by Herranen in several occasions between February 2009 and April 2011.
On one occasion, December 4, 2011, one of the 12-year-old victims and her mother were brought to a hotel in Cebu City reportedly for the girl’s birthday celebration.
The mother of the victim was brought to a separate room while Herranen stayed with the girl. After the incident the accused left the country.
The victims and witnesses were able to testify in the Swedish court through the use of the internet. Swedish prosecutors facilitated in the hearing of the case who visited the country last year.
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