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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on July 13, 2019, 02:58:43 am
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Ex minister in Norwegian government jailed for sex abuse of male asylum seekers
By Christoffer 10 July 2019
A former Norwegian government minister has been sentenced to five years in jail for sexually abusing three asylum seekers over several years, prosecutors said.
Svein Ludvigsen, 72, a former fisheries minister, was convicted of abusing his position as county governor and exploiting the vulnerable situations of three young men, one of whom has a mild mental disability.
The sentence was handed down on Wednesday but made public a day later.
The abuse of the men, now aged between 25 and 34, occurred between 2011 and 2017, according to court documents seen by AFP.
Read more at: https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/07/ex-minister-in-norwegian-government-jailed-for-sex-abuse-of-male-asylum-seekers/
There are cetainly bizarre stories daily.