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Exterior of the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden and an inset portrait of judge Åke Thimfors
Åke Thimfors, one of the judges behind the controversial decision. Credit: Terje Carlsson och Jonathan Fältsjö/Sveriges Radio
CRIME

Child rape conviction overturned due to judges' uncertainty of 'snippa' meaning

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  • The Court of Appeal for Western Sweden overturned a three year jail sentence from the District Court for a man in his 50s who had been found guilty of raping a 10 year old girl. The man had appealed the verdict.

  • The decision hinged on the judges' uncertainty over the precise meaning of the word 'snippa', a modern informal Swedish expression for female genitalia very common among young children.

  • The case has received intense scrutiny and caused outrage online, with the phrase 'jag vet vad en snippa är' – 'I know what a snippa is' being used as a hashtag thousands of times.  

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