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The woman "thought she got to blame herself" after the rape. Now the 42-year-old (left) is sentenced to prison, while the sentence against the 28-year-old is delayed.
The mother of young children had to choose: "Sex with both at the same time or one at a time"
Published 20 January 2026 at 14.55

Domestic. A mother of young children who tried to get home from central Gothenburg was instead driven to a secluded area at Näset and was subjected to a serious rape by two men. Gothenburg District Court now sentences one Arab to five years in prison – but the other is to undergo a forensic psychiatric examination and may avoid imprisonment.


The incident occurred on the night of June 8, 2025. The woman had been out in central Gothenburg when she tried to get a taxi, but failed when it was full of people in town after a Håkan Hellström concert during the evening.

She therefore chose to receive an offer of a shoot of two unknown Arab men. The mother of small children perceived it as a black taxi and got in the back seat of the car in the belief that she would be driven home.

"I asked if they were driving black taxis and it confirmed them. I said I could pay them with swish, the woman told me during the trial.

While traveling, she noticed that the car passed her exit without turning off. Even though she pointed this out, she didn't get an answer. The men spoke to each other in a language she didn't understand and drove further south. The trip went through Mölndal before the car continued towards Näset.

When the car stopped in the secluded area, the woman experienced the situation as threatening. According to the district court, she lacked the opportunity to get out of there.

Then the mother of the toddler was faced with an ultimatum:

“You get to choose between having sex with both of us at the same time or one at a time.

The woman chose "one at a time" in the belief that it was the least dangerous option. The court states that she participated in the sexual acts of fear and not voluntarily. She was heavily drunk, scared and in a particularly vulnerable situation.

After the assault, she was driven back to Gothenburg and dropped off where she lived. Feelings of shame and self-blame meant that she initially did not perceive her first conversation with the police as a formal report – something that according to the court rather strengthens her credibility than weakens it.

I have blamed myself and felt shame. I thought I'll have to blame myself when I was so stupid that I drunk and alone put myself in a car with two unknown men," the toddler mother said.

The Gothenburg District Court judges that the rape is aggravated because two people acted together, that the crime took place in a secluded place and that the woman had been in the men's control for a long time. The convicted man – a 42-year-old – must also pay 370,000 kronor in damages to the woman.

The man, who claimed that the sex was voluntary, has received Swedish citizenship and therefore cannot be deported with current legislation.

The other man, a 28-year-old, gets his question of responsibility tried later. The district court has judged that there is convincing evidence also against him, but awaits the outcome of a forensic psychiatric examination before the sanction can be determined.
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