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No aggravating provision in Faroese law on sex crimes
The Eastern High Court of Denmark has reached the same decision as the Court of the Faroe Islands.
Both courts have now ruled that an aggravating provision regarding sexual abuse introduced in Danish criminal law in 2016 does not apply in the Faroes.
In a recent rape case ruling, the Eastern High court found that the provision does not apply in the Faroes because the provision in question was insufficiently defined in the Faroese law.
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The Faroe Islands recently took charge of criminal law when the jurisdiction was transferred from Danish to Faroese authorities.
In another case regarding rape and other sexual assault, the prosecution called for a three-year jail term if the Danish provision applied in the Faroes and two years if it did not.
The Court of the Faroe Islands ruled at the time that the provision does not apply in the Faroes.
This case has also been appealed to the Eastern High Court and is awaiting a ruling.
Read the Faroese version of this article here.
Translated by prosa.fo.
