Incited BUP employee online – now a woman has been charged – news Nordland

– It was absolutely terrible. It felt invasive. Like an assault. The 62-year-old said so in a case news published on Saturday. Together with several other colleagues, she worked with the follow-up of a child. The case ended in a dispute over child distribution. Afterwards, a close relative of the child openly posted hidden audio recordings of conversations they had had with the child on Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. The employees’ names and photos were also made public. Photo: Screenshot Facebook Photo: Screenshot Facebook Photo: Screenshot Facebook One of the worst things for the 62-year-old was hearing his own voice from recordings that had been made secretly inside the treatment facility. – It is very personal. Your own voice. It felt completely out of control. She believes that the audio recordings of her in the videos are taken out of context. The case was reported, but initially dismissed by the police. Denies criminal responsibility After news began work on the case, the police resumed the investigation. However, charges have now been brought against the child psychiatry employee for reckless behavior for the publication of the videos. Over a period earlier this year, the accused woman is said to have: “She published on her opened accessible profiles on the social media Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok and/or YouTube, as well as the websites … and …, several videos where she in derogatory wording attacked and devalued the professional and personal integrity of BUP employees in her position at…” the indictment states. The same also applies to two other employees at BUP. The defendant denies criminal guilt. – She believes she has stayed within the broad limits of freedom of expression. I have no further comments, says the woman’s defender, Bendik Falch-Koslung at the law firm Larsen & Co. The child’s father has also reported the woman for publishing videos with intimate details about the child. In that case, the prosecution brought charges for breach of section 267 of the Criminal Code for breach of privacy. In this case too, the woman denies criminal guilt. Photo: Screenshot TikTok Photo: Screenshot TikTok Complained about the shutdown news has not been able to get a comment from the police. But head of prosecution in the Nordland police district Roy-Ove Lunde stated before the charges were ready that everyone has the right to complain about arrests. – That has been done in this case. We have accepted that complaint because we saw that recent case law from the Court of Appeal has based a broader understanding of the law’s provision. The case law he refers to is a judgment from the Eidsivating Court of Appeal. It is about a person who was convicted of repeatedly publishing videos on TikTok with threatening and disparaging remarks against actors in the judicial system, public officials, ex-spouse and daughter. The person was sentenced to one year in prison and banned from social media for three years, as well as having to pay restitution to his former spouse and daughter. Prosecutor in Nordland police district Roy-Ove Lunde. Photo: Kåre Riibe Ramskjell / news – Why was this case dismissed in the first place? – It was dropped because the conditions for criminal offenses in section 266 of the Criminal Code were not met at the time, said Roy-Ove Lunde to news. He said on a general basis that freedom of expression is strong in Norway. – But this must be weighed against the consideration we must take of the employees in the public sector. Their privacy, exercise of authority, and the protection they must have in order to do their work. Published 26.11.2024, at 12.44 Updated 26.11.2024, at 12.50 p.m



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