Sweden: Syrian Migrant Claims He Didn't Know Sex With 12-Year-Old Was Illegal

http://bit.ly/2HB1HP0 | A 17-year-old Syrian migrant was convicted of two counts of rape against a 12-year-old girl in a Swedish court this week, although he claimed he did not know that sex with a 12-year-old was illegal in the country.

The 17-year-old, who has been identified as a Syrian asylum seeker by Swedish journalist Joakim Lamotte, is said to have raped the 12-year-old twice on the same day last June.

However, after being convicted by the Uddevalla District Court this week he was sentenced to just six months of detention in a youth care facility and a 140,000 SEK (lb11,729) fine.

According to independent Swedish journalist Joakim Lamotte, the migrant, who came to Sweden in 2014, claimed that he did not know it was illegal to have sex with a girl under the age of 15 and said that the victim had told him she was 14 at the time.

The two counts of child rape were not the Syrian's only crimes, as he was also sentenced for unlawful threats, threats to officials, and drug offences....