Göran Lindberg

Göran Lindberg
Born 25 April 1946
Uppsala, Sweden
Occupation Prisoner, former policeman
Criminal penalty
6 years imprisonment
Criminal status Released
Children 2
Conviction(s) Multiple instances of rape (including child rape) and other sex offenses

Karl Göran Gustav Lindberg (born 25 April 1946 in Uppsala[1]) is a Swedish convicted serial rapist and a former police chief. He effectively served 2/3rd of a six-year prison sentence in Saltvik Prison for numerous sex crimes.

Career in the police

He completed his law degree in 1972, and served as rector of the Swedish National Police Academy 1989–1997 and as police commissioner in Uppsala County 1997–2006. After stepping down as police commissioner, he was an adviser on gender equality and sexual harassment to the National Police Directorate.

Criminal conviction

He was arrested on 25 January 2010 and charged with multiple sex offenses, including the rape of a 14-year-old child.[2][3][4] He was subsequently also charged with raping several other women, and of procuring.[5] On 30 July 2010, he was convicted of several sex offenses, including rape, and sentenced to 6.5 years in prison by the Södertörn District Court.[6] The High Court reduced his sentence to 6 years, and the Supreme Court rejected his appeal. He served his sentence in Saltvik Prison.[7]

He was released in late January 2014 after serving 4 years in prison.

References

  1. Sveriges befolkning 1980.
  2. http://www.thelocal.se/20100730/28098
  3. http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/dom-mot-goran-lindberg-i-dag-1.1145498
  4. SR.se 30 januari 2010: Falska rykten om Lindberg, läst 30 januari 2010
  5. Jenny Stiernstedt, Dagens Nyheter, "Polischefen också kopplerimisstänkt", 25 februari 2010.
  6. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/police-chief-jailed-for-sex-crimes-14894168.html
  7. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article8695978.ab