At home in Ontario and Alberta, the two young Canadian girls felt they had no choice: perform sexual acts on camera — in one case involving a pet dog — or face terrible consequences.
They were convinced a man they met online would hurt them or their families or humiliate them over the internet if they failed to do his bidding. What they didn’t know is their tormentor was on another continent.
But on Thursday that Swedish man was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting the girls in Canada and two other foreign countries entirely over the internet, a unique prosecution that involved no physical contact between the assailant and his victims.
Bjorn Samstrom, 41, was sentenced in Upsalla Thursday to 10 years in prison — Sweden’s stiffest sex-crime penalty — after forcing 27 teenagers here, in Scotland and the United States to perform sex acts on camera. Full story...
They were convinced a man they met online would hurt them or their families or humiliate them over the internet if they failed to do his bidding. What they didn’t know is their tormentor was on another continent.
But on Thursday that Swedish man was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting the girls in Canada and two other foreign countries entirely over the internet, a unique prosecution that involved no physical contact between the assailant and his victims.
Bjorn Samstrom, 41, was sentenced in Upsalla Thursday to 10 years in prison — Sweden’s stiffest sex-crime penalty — after forcing 27 teenagers here, in Scotland and the United States to perform sex acts on camera. Full story...
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