Prosecutor Anders Stridh is seeking more than four years in prison for a school employee charged with online sex crimes against four girls aged 11–12, including child rape. The man has confessed to all abuses, and the trial in Lund District Court has featured recorded interviews with the victims. The crimes occurred via social media without physical meetings.
The trial in Lund District Court against the school employee has lasted two days. Recorded interviews with five girls have been played during the proceedings. Prosecutor Anders Stridh has demanded a prison sentence exceeding four years, citing the serious child rape charge. "There is a serious act in the indictment, rape against a child, where the penalty scale ranges from three to six years in prison. Here, it concerns a quite young child who was raped remotely in her home during a prolonged chat conversation in the middle of the night. It is documented; he saved it on his devices," Stridh says.
The man was remanded in custody in mid-August on suspicion of exploiting children for sexual posing via social media. The investigation expanded to digital abuses against four girls aged 11–12, with crimes from November 2024 to August 2025. The suspected rape occurred on August 7, when the man coerced a child to film herself and send the material, also leading to a charge of child pornography possession. Additional charges include sexual harassment by sending pornographic images and attempts at exploitation for sexual posing.
In a fifth case, the man illegally used a 10-year-old girl's identity to contact other children. His method involved posing as young girls under 18 on platforms like TikTok and Snapchat to build trust and steer conversations sexually. No physical meetings took place.
The man has worked for a long time in Staffanstorp municipality at several schools. Two victims are students at his most recent school, one at another in the municipality, and the other two from other Skåne municipalities. He retained his employment during the investigation. As early as October 2024, he was investigated for chatting with a former student, but no disciplinary action was taken.
Defense lawyer Per Schånberg notes that his client has confessed to everything but disagrees with the sentence length. "It is too severe; one can view the crimes differently," he says. The man remains in custody until the verdict next week.
Background: In 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that sexual abuses over the internet can be classified as child rape, based on similar cases involving 11-year-old girls.
