Saturday, August 26, 2006

Finnish trials

Oh, so it's "normal dating" to have relationships with young female pupils - and in great numbers even? I see.
And then we ask ourselves why many women and girls shy away from the martial arts...

Story:
One of Finland’s most extensive sex crime trials began behind closed doors in Oulu district Court on Monday. The prosecution is calling for prison sentences for a 33-year-old martial arts coach. He stands accused of the sexual abuse of a large number of girls who took Taekwondo lessons from him. The indictment contains 22 counts, and a total of 799 individual acts of molestation.

The alleged crimes took place between 1997 and 2005 in different parts of the north of Finland.
The trial is being held behind closed doors in order to protect the identity of he girls in question.

The coach himself has denied committing any crimes. He says that the relationships with his pupils involved normal dating, and that no coercion was involved.

The defendant also faces charges of financial crimes involving hundreds of thousands of euros.

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