Sentence for sexual activity with 15-year-old girl
Supreme Court judgment 4 November 2021, HR-2021-2145-A, (case no. 21-120050STR-HRET), criminal case, appeal against judgment.
The Public Prosecution Authority (Counsel Sarah Rytterager) v. A (Counsel Tore Angen)
Justices: Webster, Normann, Noer, Arntzen, Høgetveit Berg
The sentence for violating section 302 of the Penal Code was 120 hours of community service. The defendant was a 22-year-old man who had had sexual intercourse with a girl from the age of 15 years and 5 months. The two were in a relationship at the time of the sexual activity and were still in a relationship when the case was heard in the Supreme Court. The relationship had been discovered by police by chance. The girl did not want her boyfriend to be punished. She had not been exploited, and the violation of her integrity was minor. Community sentence was then regarded as a suitable and proportionate criminal sanction for the offence.