A 47-year-old Kosovo Albanian man who worked in home care in the Swedish town of Ronneby has been charged with raping a female care recipient, according to the indictment filed this week.

The alleged assault took place in October 2023, when the caregiver is accused of inserting his fingers into the woman’s vagina without consent. The incident was reported to the police at the time.

Despite the seriousness of the charge, the man remains free more than two years later. Prosecutor Malin Rydell Almroth confirmed to the Samnytt news outlet that the man has not been detained, even though Swedish law generally presumes pre-trial detention for rape and other serious crimes carrying a minimum sentence of one and a half years in prison.

“It is generally a bit different whether a person is detained or not. This is not a recent act, but this investigation has been going on for some time,” Almroth said. “The strongest reason for having a person in custody is that there is a danger of collusion — that the suspect could influence the investigation by contacting the victim, witnesses, or by distorting evidence.”

She added that in cases where the victim and suspect do not have a close personal relationship, the perceived risk of interference can be lower. “Depending on the relationship between the victim and the suspect, it is not always the case that deprivation of liberty is necessary,” she said.

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Asked whether the crime constitutes rape of a normal degree, Almroth confirmed: “Yes.” Sweden has a broader definition of rape than other Western countries, which includes, for instance, penetration with the fingers, albeit as a lesser aggravated category.

The accused, an Albanian man from Prizren who later became a Swedish citizen, requires an interpreter to communicate in Albanian during proceedings. Court documents reveal that he has a long criminal history, with 11 prior convictions, including for assault and driving without a license.

Roughly 10 years ago, he was convicted of assault, but this record did not prevent his employment in home care. He was again convicted earlier this year of several counts of assault, a case now under appeal.

Prosecutor Almroth noted that she was not responsible for the initial decision not to detain the suspect. “It is the prosecutor who had the case from the beginning who decided not to use any coercive measures in this case,” she said.

The case is the latest in a growing series of reported assaults and abuses committed by migrant workers in Sweden’s care sector.

Convicted Iraqi drug dealer employed in Swedish dementia home filmed himself mocking residents

Last month, a 20-year-old Iraqi-born caregiver, Azhi Mahmodi, was charged with filming and mocking elderly dementia patients while working at a municipal care home in Ängelholm. Police discovered the footage — which Mahmodi shared on Snapchat — after a drug-related search in Helsingborg uncovered his phone. Mahmodi, who also faced weapons and narcotics charges, admitted to filming and sharing the clips, telling police: “There is no good excuse for it. There isn’t. I am ashamed. So extremely. It is literally shameless what I have done.”

Syrian care worker jailed for one year in Sweden after sexually assaulting 67-year-old woman who later died

Also in October, a 26-year-old Syrian national, Mahamad Almousa, was sentenced to one year in prison and issued a 10-year expulsion order for sexually assaulting a 67-year-old woman under his care in Vänersborg. The victim, who called her son during the attack, died weeks later under unclear circumstances. The Vänersborg District Court dismissed Almousa’s claim that the act was consensual, calling his account “completely inconsistent” with the victim’s condition.

In May, a 33-year-old Iraqi man was arrested in Umeå for multiple rapes and sexual assaults of elderly women while employed in care homes. Despite earlier reports of harassment, municipal authorities allowed him to continue working, enabling further attacks, prosecutors allege.

And in January, a Somali national, 28-year-old Baasim Yusuf, was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Uppsala District Court for a series of aggravated rapes and sexual assaults against women aged 77 to 88, as well as for filming his victims. Yusuf, who obtained Swedish citizenship in 2018, also cannot be deported despite the gravity of his crimes.