S-judge from India wanted to deport Iraqi home care rapist

One of the lay judges who ruled in the case against the Iraqi home care worker who raped a 100-year-old woman earlier this year also wanted the perpetrator to be deported.

The Social Democrat-affiliated lay judge Pran Malhotra told Riks that he “actually” wanted the 38-year-old rapist to be deported to his homeland after serving his sentence.

– They should be punished severely and just sent back. No more discussion about it, he told the news channel.

– I’m a Social Democrat from India, so sometimes I think SD (the Sweden Democrats) are right. Those are my opinions.

Despite this, Malhotra was united with the other three judges in the verdict and did not write any dissenting opinion.

Convicted of rape

38-year-old Shakir Mahmoud Shakir was sentenced on Wednesday to four years in prison for raping a 100-year-old woman on October 1 this year when, as a home care worker, he visited her.

However, he was acquitted on one charge of aggravated rape against a 94-year-old woman the previous month. The Södertörn District Court considered it proven that the woman in that case was raped by someone from home care, but held there was a possibility that someone other than Mahmoud Shakir could have committed the offense.

The 38-year-old Iraqi, as noted, avoided deportation, something prosecutor Linn Nyberg had requested. The court argued that deportation would “in light of the circumstances in this case be disproportionate.”

“Very strong circumstances”

Apart from Pran Malhotra, lay judges Inger Grönberg (MP) and Eva Svalling also took part in the ruling. The presiding judge was Mohamed Ali.

Samnytt has repeatedly tried to reach the judge. For Expressen, Mohamed Ali justified the decision to reject the deportation request by saying that Shakir Mahmoud Shakir has lived in Sweden for a very long time and also has a daughter here.

– We have gone through the arguments for and against deportation. On one hand, the crime and the severity of the sentence, on the other hand, the attachment to society. We have especially considered that he has lived here since he was a youth and has a minor child here in Sweden. These are very strong circumstances, he told the evening paper.

Judge from Eritrea

The Tidö government appointed Mohamed Ali as judge at Södertörn District Court as recently as June this year. His role in delivering the verdict has been questioned.

Mohamed Ali was born in Eritrea’s capital Asmara but came to Sweden with his mother as a child. He has been a Swedish citizen since the 1990s.

The now 44-year-old top lawyer is educated in law from Stockholm University, has worked as district court clerk at the courts in Stockholm and Uppsala, appeals court clerk at the Svea Court of Appeal, and legal secretary at the Supreme Court.

From 2021, Mohamed Ali worked as a legal expert at the government offices until the government this year appointed him as judge at Södertörn District Court.

Samnytt has sought Mohamed Ali for comments.