Karl Göran Gustav Lindberg (born 25 April 1946 in Uppsala

Uppsala

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) is a Swedish convicted serial rapist and a former police chief. He is currently serving a six-year prison sentence in Saltvik Prison for numerous sex crimes.

Career in the police

He completed his law degree in 1972, and served as rector of the Swedish National Police Academy 1989–1997 and as police commissioner in Uppsala County

Uppsala County

Uppsala County is a county or län on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders the counties of Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and the Baltic Sea.- Province :For History, Geography and Culture see: Uppland...

 1997-2006. After stepping down as police commissioner, he was an adviser on gender equality and sexual harassment to the national police directorate.

Criminal conviction

He was arrested on 28 January 2010 and charged with multiple sex offenses, including the rape of a 14 year old child He was subsequently also charged with raping several other women, and of procuring

Procuring (prostitution)

Procuring or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer. Examples of procuring include:*trafficking a prostitute into a country for the purpose of soliciting sex...

. On 30 July 2010, he was convicted of several sex offenses, including rape

Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...

, and sentenced to 6.5 years in prison

Prison

A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...

 by the Södertörn

Södertörn

Södertörn is a roughly triangular peninsula in eastern Södermanland, Sweden, which is bordered by:*Lake Mälaren and the inlet of Saltsjön to the north,*Himmerfjärden and Hallsfjärden to the west and...

 District Court

Tingsrätt

Tingsrätt , käräjäoikeus or tingrett is a term used for district courts in Sweden, Finland and Norway...

. The High Court reduced his sentence to 6 years, and the Supreme Court rejected his appeal. He is now serving his sentence in Saltvik Prison.