An after-school employee charged with possession of sexual assault material in Bergen – news Vestland

A man in his 30s has been charged with possessing child abuse material. The man was arrested in Bergen on Tuesday and will be detained for four weeks. – He was arrested following a tip from Kripos, on the basis of a file-sharing network, says prosecutor Linn Skaar Sætre to news. According to what news knows, the man will be an after-school employee at one of the schools in the city. – I can confirm that he is connected to a school in Bergen, says Sætre. Police prosecutor Linn Skaar Sæthre is responsible for prosecuting the case involving the man. Photo: John Inge Johansen / news Acknowledging possession The man’s defender, Ellen Eikseth Mjøs, says he has admitted to possessing abuse material. – He has cooperated with the police and explained his perception of the situation, she says. According to the detention order, the man must have explained that he “stumbled across” the material and that he has not looked at material by children under the age of 16 on purpose. – We have asked for four weeks’ detention due to the risk of evidence being destroyed, says Skaar. Ellen Eikeseth Mjøs is the man’s defender. Photo: Simen Sundfjord Otterlei One of several cases of abuse at the Bergen school Skaar says they currently have no indications that there is a question of physical or other types of abuse involving children from the Bergen school. – We also have no information that the material he possessed was self-produced, she says. The charge is one of several cases in recent years where employees of schools or kindergartens in Bergen have been charged, prosecuted or sentenced for various forms of abuse. In February this year, a kindergarten employee was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for raping three children at the kindergarten in Bergen. At the end of 2022, an after-school employee in Bergen was sentenced to 8 years in prison for sexually assaulting eight girls. In the same year, a primary school teacher was sentenced to prison for abusing seven children. Kindergarten employee indicted for abuse during bedtime



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