A Finnish woman, who was found guilty of murdering her husband but later acquitted, has been charged with 21 counts of sex crimes along with her ex-boyfriend.
Anneli Auer is being held in custody on suspicion of aggravated sexual abuse, aggravated rape and aiding and abetting aggravated rape. The offences are thought to have been committed between 2007 and 2008 and be in relation to a family chat website Auer ran, according to YLE.
Auer became a household name in Finland after being found guilty of murdering her husband, Jukka S Lahti, in 2006, before being acquitted on appeal in 2010. The new charges are not thought to have any relation to the previous overturned conviction.
The trial at Southwest Finland District Court in Turku will be held behind closed doors, as some of the alleged victims are under-age. Proceedings are expected to last several weeks.
Evidence for the prosecution includes more than 3,000 web pages, as well as audio and video recordings. Preliminary hearings were held in Turku this week, with both defendants denying the charges.
Hi Rose,
I could argue to keep the headline on linguistic grounds by saying that she used to be classed as a husband killer but is now an acquitted one and therefore an acquitted husband killer; but I am not going to argue.
Your point is well made and very welcome, and the headline has been changed as a result.
Thanks for commenting and thanks for reading IceNews,
Alex Elliott, editor
When someone has been cleared of a crime, even after they have first been convicted, you cannot use an incriminating word to describe them (such as you have used in the headline: acquitted husband killer)- otherwise you are committing libel. I am not a fan of Anneli Auer, and actually I believe she may be guilty; however as it stands now she is innocent in the eyes of the law.
Nyheten är felaktig. Finska TV-kanalen MTV fick intervjua Anneli under 42 sekunder. Hon berättade att det finns inget bevismaterial mot henne. Allt bygger tre yngsta barnens utsagor och expertutlåtande på detta. Klippet sattes ut 22/02 och har i dag tagits bort.
http://www.mtv3.fi/uutiset/rikos.shtml/anneli-auer-mtv3lle-kiistatonta-kuvatallennetta-ei-ole/2012/02/1499710
Barnens pålitlighet kan granskas på vad de säger om mordet. Jag beskriver på min hemsida dokumenten vid Högsta domstolen. Barnens vittnesmål har hemligstämplats tills HD beslutar om målet tas upp ytterligare en gång eller åklagarens ansökan avvisas.