Kindergarten employee in his 30s charged with aggravated rape of a child – news Vestland

The police believe that what the man has done qualifies as a sexual act. It comes under the section on aggravated rape of children under 14 years of age. The offended child in the case was questioned at the Children’s House in Bergen on Tuesday. The police were notified of the case a few days earlier. – Suspicion against the man was strengthened after the questioning. He was then arrested, says police prosecutor Eli Andrea Skaar in the West police district to news. Computer equipment seized The man was arrested at home on Tuesday. The police have searched the home, and seized computer equipment from the accused. – We have not had time to review the seizure, says Skaar. The police will not give the name of the nursery or where it is located. The man has been questioned. He pleads not guilty. news has not been able to make contact with the man’s defender, lawyer Ivar Abrahamsen. Produced for imprisonment The man will be produced for imprisonment in Hordaland District Court on Thursday at 10 am. The police will request that the man be imprisoned for four weeks with a letter, media and visiting ban. – The reason is the risk of tampering with evidence, says Skaar. It was Bergens Tidende that mentioned the arrest first. It is too early to say whether there are more offended children in the case. The police will not comment on whether the man is known to them from before. “Qualified sexual act” is a term that refers to the most serious sexual acts, where it can be difficult to draw the line between sexual act and intercourse, according to domstøl.no. Will pass on information The police held an information meeting for parents and staff at the nursery on Wednesday evening. A representative from the Children’s Home in Bergen, who gives professional advice on how to talk to children about this, took part in the meetings. Kjetil Ottesen is a legal aid lawyer, and represents the child who has explained to the police about the incident. – The case is in an initial phase, and it is too early to say anything about what the result will be here, but the police are taking the case seriously, says Ottesen. The public prosecutor says he will pass on the information that comes out at the custody meeting tomorrow to the family of the child. Legal aid attorney Kjetil Ottesen represents the child in the case. Photo: Elise Angell / news



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