– I think it is important that others know that you can speak up. It doesn’t have to be parents or the police, but maybe someone else who can pass it on. “Frøya” was raped as a 13-year-old by a man who was employed as a child and youth worker at the school and youth club she attended. The man was first convicted in Sør-Rogaland district court in 2023 for sexual intercourse with three girls, and sexually offensive behavior with a fourth girl. Two of these cases are about the rape of two 13-year-old girls one day in August 2021. “Frøya” is one of these two girls. The other girl is her friend. “Frøya” is not the girl’s real name. news knows the identity of her and her father. – I think it’s very stupid, he abused the role he had, says Frøya. “Frøya” says that it was very unpleasant that the man who has been convicted of raping her was at the same school and youth club she went to. Photo: Tom Edvindsen / news Sentenced in the Court of Appeal The man has partially pleaded guilty, but disagrees with parts of the judgment from the district court, and appealed the part that concerned Frøya and the other 13-year-old. The appeal case recently went to the Gulating Court of Appeal. The verdict from Sør-Rogaland District Court In Sør-Rogaland District Court, the man in his 20s was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for sexual intercourse with children under the age of 14 and sexual intercourse with children between the ages of 14 and 16. He was also convicted of sexually offensive behavior towards children under the age of 16, and had to pay a total of NOK 560,000 in compensation to three of the victims. There, the child and youth worker in his 20s was also sentenced to four years and three months. – Frøya is very relieved at the verdict, because she was afraid of not being believed. She had heard many cases that those who were abused and did not have “proof” were not believed, says the father. He, too, is relieved, and hopes that this will be the last round in the case. The appeal case went to the Gulating Court of Appeal over two days in February. Photo: Alf Ove Hansen / NTB scanpix Acting out was the way she dealt with it In the time after the rape, a big change happened in Frøya. – I hardly went to school and got almost no grades. I was very tired. It was because of that incident. There was little focus at school, and she started acting out with alcohol and hashish. It was her way of dealing with what she was exposed to. Frøya’s father says that she started hanging out with people in a bad environment, and that she didn’t want to talk about what had happened. – There was a big change in me from before it happened to after it happened. I became much hotter. At a training match, Frøya unleashed on the opponents. The father didn’t show what she had been exposed to yet, but the warning lights started flashing. – I had to take her away because she attacked the others. She was always eager and good, but now she was cursed, says the father. It’s important to have someone to talk to – The tears have flowed countless times. I told her that this was not her fault and that she had done nothing wrong, says the father. Frøya believes it is important to be open about it, if you are exposed to what she herself experienced. – It is important to have someone to talk to. I have spoken to friends and the youth team in the municipality. It is important that people in the same situation understand that it is not their fault. Frøya’s father says that both the headmaster at the secondary school and the therapist in the child protection service have been worth their weight in gold. – They always showed up. We had meetings often and the headmaster arranged everything for Frøya so that she would have a good and easy time at school. Father has been an important supporter of “Frøya”. Photo: Tom Edvindsen She has now turned 16, got a boyfriend and started high school. She still talks to the lady from the youth team regularly. – It was a new start for me. It was important for me to get clean sheets. – Parents must accept that the children speak up Frøya’s father was surprised at how well it went for her to start high school. – I think it was about the fact that it wasn’t the same doors, people and rumours, says the father. It has been important for Frøya to get support from her father. – Parents must accept that the children speak up, it is very important to support them and tell them that it is not their fault. We did that from the start. Defense attorney Svein Kjetil Lode Svendsen says that he and the client will consider whether to appeal the verdict from the Gulating Court of Appeal. Photo: Jørn Norstrøm / news Defense attorney Svein Kjetil Lode Svendsen says that he and his client disagree with the verdict, and that it is natural to see if there are parts of it that can be appealed to the Supreme Court. Svendsen says it has been a burdensome case for the man in his 20s. – It is always a strain to be in court. He finds it disappointing that the court does not agree with him in relation to the extent of what he has done. Hi! Do you have thoughts about the case you have read, or input on what I should write about? Feel free to send me an email!
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Youth worker sentenced for rape of 13-year-old “Frøya” – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
