– It happened in the bedroom, the girl said during questioning. While the other adults had their lunch break outside the room, the nursery staff allegedly assaulted the four-year-old who was sleeping. – Now you should sleep, now it’s going perfectly, he said in a calm voice, but then it didn’t, she continued. The man in his 30s is on trial in Hordaland district court for aggravated rape of three children under 14. All three children went to the nursery school the man worked in. Today the abuse case started in Hordaland district court, where audio recordings of the children’s explanations were played. Said nothing at first – opened up three years later It was in September 2022 that the police arrested the man and charged him with aggravated rape of a child. In the investigation, another possible abuse of a kindergarten child was uncovered. In addition, the police reopened a report against the man from 2019. At that time it was dismissed, among other things because the then four-year-old girl did not explain anything during questioning. Three years later, she opened up and told about the events in the nursery. Legal aid attorney Kjetil Ottesen, police attorney Eli Andrea Skaar and defense attorney Ivar Abrahamsen are in place at Hordaland district court. Photo: John Inge Johansen / news Extended charge The man denies criminal guilt on all counts. The reason why the prosecution is charging the man with aggravated rape is the age of the children at the time of the alleged crime and the fact that it is a matter of repeated acts. Seven days have been set aside in Hordaland district court to hear the case. The man’s defender Ivar Abrahamsen says that his client denies criminal guilt, and that they will also get an explanation from experts in the psychology of witnesses in this case. Photo: John Inge Johansen / news The man has two children with his former wife. He has announced that he will bring her as a witness. In addition, the defendant will ask two other nursery staff to testify about him. The police’s evidence consists, among other things, of nursery staff, parents and the playback of arranged interviews of the children. Organized questioning In the first case, it was the kindergarten manager who contacted the police, but this case was eventually dropped. It then took three years before a mother called the police and told them that her daughter had talked about what one of the male staff at the nursery had done. It is through the organized questioning of this girl that the allegations of abuse against a third girl became known. This has been investigated but dismissed. Finally, the parents of yet another girl call the police, and the investigation into this case has led to yet another charge against the man. He is defended by lawyer Ivar Abrahamsen, while the children have assistance lawyer Kjetil Ottesen and the prosecutor is police lawyer Eli Skaar.
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Kindergarten employee indicted for raping three children in the kindergarten – news Vestland
