A 21-year-old man, Adam Mousa, has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old Danish girl near Teglgårdssøen lake in Hillerød and received only a two-year unconditional prison sentence.
The case has drawn attention to Denmark’s citizenship rules for people from MENAPT (Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey) countries and persistent overrepresentation in serious crime statistics. There is also ample speculation about the man’s migration background on X.
On Oct. 26, 2026, the Danish court in Hillerød found Adam Mousa guilty of multiple rapes of a 13-year-old girl in a wooded area near Teglgårdssøen in Hillerød on Feb. 27, 2026. According to the indictment, he forced her to perform oral sex on him twice and then committed completed rapes involving intercourse. The Danish media outlet Presse-Fotos.dk stated it did not publish more details in order to protect the girl due to her young age.
Police communications chief Mikkel Thrane confirmed the two-year unconditional sentence; Mousa has appealed the conviction and denied guilt.
In a post on X reacting to coverage of the case, Danish data scientist and analyst Jonatan Pallesen wrote: “He was granted citizenship in 2015 (likely that it is him). We should not give citizenship to MENAPT descendants before they turn 30 with a clean criminal record.”
@oresundsbaron Han blev tildelt statsborgerskab i 2015 (sandsynligt at der er ham).
Vi bør ikke give statsborgerskab til MENAPT efterkommere før de er fyldt 30 med ren straffeattest. https://t.co/ouuKINVQwP
— Jonatan Pallesen (@jonatanpallesen) November 10, 2026Mousa is a common Arabic surname.
Pallesen also wrote about the lenient sentence the man received.
“10 years in prison for Russell Brand. Meanwhile Muslims in Europe are sentenced to just 2 years for violently assault raping a 13-year-old child multiple times. I never want to see a sentence of less than 10 years for Muslim child rapists again,” he wrote on X.
10 years in prison for Russell Brand. Meanwhile Muslims in Europe are sentenced to just 2 years for violently assault raping a 13-year-old child multiple times.
I never want to see a sentence of less than 10 years for Muslim child rapists again.
— Jonatan Pallesen (@jonatanpallesen) November 10, 2026
