Conscript filmed and distributed sex film - acquitted: "Lack in the law"

The man, who at the time was undergoing military service in Norrbotten, was charged with illegal invasion of privacy after the Swedish Armed Forces reported the incident to the police.

The man says that he asked the woman if he could film the intercourse and received an affirmative answer.

- Nothing happened in secret, he says in questioning.

The plaintiff woman states that she only learned of the existence of a film when another conscript asked if she was in it.

Admits that he showed the film

In questioning with the police, she says that this made her feel "very disgusting and very diminished".

The man admits that he showed the film and says it was because his friends at the lodging house did not believe him when he told them about the intercourse.

The district court considers that it is proven that the man showed the film to five people and writes that there is no indication that the man passed the film on.

The district court acquits the man

For it to be considered criminal, the film must have been made available to "more than a few people". He is acquitted of the charge of illegal invasion of privacy.

"It has indeed emerged in the case that the film has become the subject of an extensive spread of rumours, among other things among (plaintiff's) colleagues. The fact that a word of mouth about the film's existence has been spread further cannot, however, be equated with a spread of the film," the court writes in its judgment.

- I think it is a correct, well-reasoned judgment and it is according to the practice that exists in the area, says defender Håkan Kjellgren.

Prosecutor Otto Neppelberg has chosen to appeal the acquittal. He demands that the Court of Appeal convict the man of unlawful invasion of privacy in the first place and gross defamation in the second place.

The association reported the incident to the police

The armed forces tell SVT that the incident was reported to the police when the unit became aware of it and that an internal investigation was launched.

"We take incidents involving unwelcome behavior very seriously, for both our conscripts and employees, and we always act as soon as such an incident occurs," writes the head of the association.

The armed forces state that they work continuously with preventive work.

"Our conscripts receive a solid basic value education when they come here with very clear guidelines for how individuals behave towards each other and their surroundings, but unfortunately it is not always enough."