Public masturbation not a crime: Swedish court
A man who openly masturbated on a Stockholm beach has been acquitted of
sexual assault in court after it was ruled he was not targeting a specific
person, with the prosecutor saying it's "okay" to play with yourself in
public.
The incident occurred on June 6th at the Drevviken beach when the man
removed his shorts and began masturbating close to the water. He was
subsequently charged with sexual assault.
The Södertörn District Court has now acquitted the 65-year old in a
judgement which stated that it "may be proven that the man exposed himself
and masturbated on this occasion".
However, the court added that no offence had been committed as the
masturbating man was not pleasuring himself towards a specific person.
Public prosecutor Olof Vrethammar told the Mitti newspaper that he wasn't
planning to appeal the ruling.
"For this to be a criminal offence it's required that the sexual molestation
was directed towards one or more people. I think the court's judgement is
reasonable," he said. When asked if it was now acceptable to masturbate in
public if you don't direct it towards a specific individual the prosecutor
said it was "okay."
"The district court has made a judgement on this case. With that we can
conclude that it is okay to masturbate on the beach. The act may be
considered to be disorderly conduct."
In another recent judgement a 15-year-old boy was acquitted after being
previously charged with sexual assault. The teen had thrown his underwear
into a lake and stood naked in front of two under-age girls.
The Södertörn District Court said that his behaviour did not have a sexual
undertone and the charge was dismissed. Both the girls had requested the boy
be charged with molestation.
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