Danish Court Sentences Ex-Minister To Prison For 2000 Child Abuse Material -

A former Danish government minister was jailed for four months by a court on Monday for possession of thousands of images of child sexual abuse.

Henrik Sass Larsen, once a senior Social Democrat who served as industry minister, admitted to having more than 6,000 photographs and 2,000 videos on his computer depicting sexual abuse of children.

He had denied the charges, saying he had the material because he was trying to find out who had abused him as a child.

Prosecutor Maria Cingari said she was “satisfied” with the verdict but added that it was sad that someone “who managed to make the most out of their life despite a bad start finds himself in such a situation.”

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Sass Larsen was placed in foster care as a child before being adopted.

“You should never be in possession of child pornography, no matter the reason,” Cingari added.

During his trial, the 59-year-old told the court he had received a link in 2018 to a 50-year-old video showing him being sexually abused when he was three years old.

He told the court he regretted not having contacted police when he received the videos.

Speaking to AFP, his lawyer said “the big question is whether he is punishable for being in possession of this kind of material even if it was to look for information about himself”.