{"id":104083,"date":"2024-12-13T02:51:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T02:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/an-appeal-case-against-a-martial-arts-coach-convicted-of-assault-starts-in-the-gulating-court-of-appeal-news-vestland\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T02:51:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T02:51:51","slug":"an-appeal-case-against-a-martial-arts-coach-convicted-of-assault-starts-in-the-gulating-court-of-appeal-news-vestland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/an-appeal-case-against-a-martial-arts-coach-convicted-of-assault-starts-in-the-gulating-court-of-appeal-news-vestland\/","title":{"rendered":"An appeal case against a martial arts coach convicted of assault starts in the Gulating Court of Appeal – news Vestland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The case in summary: A martial arts coach was sentenced in April to two years and three months in prison for sexual assault against three of his former athletes. The man denies criminal guilt, and the case will now be reassessed in the Gulating Court of Appeal. The judgment from the district court is therefore not legally binding. One victim is now in his 30s, and talks about bad memories and fear of not being believed. The woman says that she has received many messages from people in the martial arts community who say they knew what happened, but did not intervene. The woman says she is motivated to go through a new trial, to prevent the trainer from harming more people. The coach’s defender, Agnieszka Bulat, says the man does not plead guilty and does not want a ban from being a coach. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s \u200b\u200bjournalists before publication. – My worst nightmare is not being believed. If that happens and he is not convicted, I am afraid he may continue to exploit athletes. That’s what the woman, who is now in her 30s, says to news. For the first time, she talks openly about the extensive abuse case in the martial arts environment in Norway. In April, her former martial arts coach was sentenced to two years and three months in prison, for sexually assaulting her and two other athletes. The man does not plead guilty, something his defender repeats to news. – He pleads not guilty and will explain himself to the Court of Appeal, says lawyer Agnieszka Bulat from Elden Advokatfirma. More about the Hordaland district court’s verdict In addition, the man was deprived of the right to be a coach for girls under the age of 18, over a period of five years. A further three athletes had the status of witnesses, as the police considered these conditions obsolete. The relationships spanned a period of 15 years, when the athletes were between 15 and 17 years old. In its unanimous verdict, the Hordaland district court pointed to precisely the number and how similar the coach had been to the six girls. The district court believed it was clear that the man had had sexual relations with all six underage athletes. But nothing is decided. The appeal was approved, and the judgment is therefore not legally binding. Must reassess the case The accused man in the martial arts community denies that anything criminal has happened. He disagrees with the allegations about what he did, when he was a coach for underage girls in sports. Now the Gulating Court of Appeal will reassess the question of guilt. The Court of Appeal must decide whether the man can be convicted of having abused his position to obtain sexual intercourse, and for sexual intercourse with minors under the age of consent. The woman in her 30s barely dares to hear the answer. – I have read about other cases where victims are not believed, and I am afraid that the same will happen. I have been afraid of not being believed since that night when I was 15 years old. She herself, like so many other children, dreamed of taking part in the Olympics. Then she got completely different associations with the sport, says the former athlete. Photo: Benjamin Dyrdal \/ news The Snoopy nightgown “When you came out of the bathroom in that Snoopy nightgown, what was I supposed to do then?” – Imagine that he, as a coach, said that, also to a 15-year-old, says the woman, making a grimace. The comment was spent a lot of time in the district court. The woman said that the coach made the statement on a sports trip, where the two shared a hotel room and bed. In the district court, the coach rejected the comment. He believes he slept on the floor and that nothing sexual happened. According to her, it was the first time the coach had assaulted her. – It was a white cotton dress with Snoopy figures on it. There was nothing sexy about it. The dress was for children, which I was. – Usually I really look forward to Christmas. Now with the trial in the middle of December, I can’t even think about Christmas, says the woman. Photo: Benjamin Dyrdal \/ news I have received many messages – I have spent so many years trying to put this and him behind me, says the woman. She wants to put away negative feelings and memories, but the case has given her flashbacks in the form of uninvited and sudden flashbacks. – Music, sounds, smells and food are some of the things that can trigger the memory. I try to write down a lot. Another thing that often comes up is messages from people in the martial arts community. People who say they knew. – Since the trial this spring, I have received many phone calls and messages. Many realized who this was based on media coverage and what was written on Facebook, she says and adds: – There are many who have told me that they realized it already then, and that they should have intervened and should have reported from. But they didn’t do that. – What do you think about that? – I think people are squeamish. More people should be tough enough to speak up, but then I can understand that too. I didn’t say anything myself, she says and adds emphatically: – But then I was also just a child when it happened. – That is my motivation. news has previously mentioned a warning against the coach, which was not followed up on. According to the indictment, the woman is the first of the girls to be abused by the martial arts trainer. In the end, it was the youngest athlete who notified the police. During the investigation and seizure of the coach’s messages and photos, the police found several victims. – I can’t think of those who were after me, and who could have been avoided. Nothing good will come of that, says the woman and states: – The most important thing is that he is stopped now, and that he does not get the opportunity to be a coach again and could then injure more people. That is my motivation to go through yet another trial. Defendant: – Of course he does not agree Shortly before the trial in the district court this spring, the man stopped his coaching business. A note on the door of the training room said that training had been temporarily cancelled. Ahead of the trial, this note was hung on the door of the room where the man has trained children in Bergen for a number of years. Photo: AGNIESZKA IWANSKA \/ news When asked if the man wants to continue as a coach, defender Agnieszka Bulat says the following: – As he does not plead guilty, it is natural that he does not agree with the prosecution’s request for a ban. He does not want a ban from being a coach. Hi! Do you have any tips for this, or other matters? Feel free to send me an e-mail: erica.kronheim@news.no Published 11.12.2024, at 08.03 Updated 11.12.2024, at 16.38
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