The victim's book must prove the virginity of the cultural profile

"He", that is to say the man that the media have described as "cultural profile", is not that kind of human, says his lawyer, Björn Hurtig. .

What type?

The kind of women raped.

Nevertheless, he was charged with two rapes committed against the same woman and, at the end of a trial in the Stockholm District Court, he was sentenced to two years in prison for the same purpose. one of those crimes.

"Our starting point is that he is totally innocent and that is why we appealed this judgment, which we believe is totally false," said Björn Hurtig, cultural profile lawyer, early Monday. of the judicial proceedings.

Today, negotiations are concluded when Svea Hovrätt conducts a second examination of the case. The verdict of the district court was appealed not only by the convicted person but also by the prosecutor and the exposed woman.

The cultural profile can be completely revoked, but if the prosecutor and the woman are heard, they can be convicted of two rapes and their prolonged prison term.

The conviction for rape is primarily motivated by the victim's own story, which, according to the district court, is credible. The woman's duties are also supported by a number of witnesses about whom she told him about the abuse to which she was subjected.

In order to convince the Court of Appeal of the virginity of the cultural profile, his lawyer alleged that, in a Swedish context, it was necessary to qualify as unconventional.

For starters: Now, Katarina Frostenson, internationally renowned poet and member of the Swedish Academy, is closely linked to the man, to testify to his personality.

"It is actually the same type of evidence that the prosecutor calls, that is, someone who has pronounced someone else," he said. Björn Hurtig, lawyer during a judicial break.

According to the law, the tied person can not testify under oath and the lawyer Sven-Erik Alhem believes that the data of the alleged morality witnesses have little probative value, if any.

"It would be strange that we did not try to defend it with evidence," Björn Hurtig said Monday.

In order to dispel any doubt about the information that the exposed woman has left, Björn Hurtig claims other evidence of an unusual nature.

The court had to read excerpts from a novel that the exposed woman published several years before the rape. The book describes sexual acts, including a scene in which two characters from the novel are included in actions that recall what the woman said about one of the rapes to which she was exposed by the cultural profile.

"We do not review the books, but we try to create links based on different evidence, and this is factual evidence," Hurtig said out of court.

Sven-Erik Alhem has had experience only in one instance where fiction has been cited as evidence. He points out that he does not know the details of the cultural profile case, but does not think that there are fundamental objections to this type of evidence.

"It is in the prosecutor's interest to convey anything that may be important, and then it is obviously important not to neglect to look at anything that might be an issue in the plaintiff's history." he declared.