Woman locked up in bunker by Swedish doctor demands damages
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Artist's impression of the doctor, left. (Ingela Landstrom/TT via AP)
The trial against a Swedish doctor who admitted to abducting a woman and locking her up in a home-made bunker has started with the victim demanding 380,000 kronor ($44,000) in damages.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers gave opening statements in the Stockholm district court on Monday before proceedings continued behind closed doors.
The 38-year-old man, whose name wasn't published in Sweden in line with privacy rules, has admitted to sedating the woman, abducting her and locking her up for almost a week in a soundproofed bunker he built inside a machine shed next to his home. He denies having raped her.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The victim's lawyer Jens Hogstrom told newspaper Expressen that his client was traumatized by what happened and deeply stressed by having to face the doctor in court.