Former nurse sentenced to prison for raping palliative patient in Jönköping

A Swedish district court has sentenced a former nurse to prison for the aggravated rape of an elderly patient receiving end-of-life care at Ryhov Hospital in Jönköping.

The Jönköping District Court ruled that the sexual assault constituted an aggravated crime due to the victim's extreme vulnerability in her terminal state, with the penalty value exceeding the statutory minimum. Hospital staff alerted the police in August after finding the nurse inside the patient's room. Following the encounter, the man fled the hospital by car and crashed into a concrete barrier at a nearby roundabout. In addition to aggravated rape, he was convicted of gross recklessness in traffic.

Sources: 8 Sidor, Svenska Dagbladet