Husband who 'drugged wife and forced her to have sex with 120 men' jailed for four years

A 61-year-old Swedish man has been jailed for four years and five months for coercing his wife into having sex with more than 120 men in a case likened to that of Dominique Pelicot in France

Eliana Nunes News Reporter and Abigail Hunt Content Editor

19:00, 16 Jun 2026Updated 19:02, 16 Jun 2026

[The man dominated his wife by supplying her with drugs and confining her to their isolated farm in Kramfors]

The man dominated his wife by supplying her with drugs and confining her to their isolated farm in Kramfors(Image: Wikipedia)

A 61-year-old Swedish man has been sentenced to four years and five months behind bars for forcing his wife to engage in sexual acts with more than 120 men.

The man, whose identity has not been disclosed, was found guilty of numerous charges including aggravated pimping, attempted rape, assault and unlawful threats after a trial in the ngermanland region of northern Sweden.

Throughout the proceedings, a district court in Hrnsand was told how the man dominated his wife by supplying her with drugs, confining her to their isolated farm in Kramfors and also taking advantage of her restricted social network.

[A 61-year-old Swedish man has been sentenced to four years and five months at Angermanland District Court ]

A 61-year-old Swedish man has been sentenced to four years and five months at Angermanland District Court (Image: TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)

He also installed surveillance cameras throughout the property to film sexual encounters and made death threats, vowing to douse her with petrol, set her alight and sever her fingers, the court heard.

In addition to the primary accused, 29 individuals were charged with buying sexual services. Twenty-eight of them were found guilty of a combined 56 such violations, with two receiving prison sentences, the court was told.

Prosecutors revealed the men journeyed to the farm from all corners of the country to have sex with the victim in 2022, with her nightmare only concluding when she contacted police about her husband in October 2025, reports the Mirror.

The man has remained in custody since October following the woman's testimony. Prosecutors stated earlier this year that he was suspected of trafficking his wife's sexual services to at least 120 men.

The case has drawn comparisons to that of Dominique Pelicot in France, who sedated his then-wife, Gisele, and permitted dozens of men to rape her across a nine-year period. Following a hearing that concluded in late May, the court cleared the defendant of eight charges of rape and three more of attempted rape.

It stated it couldn't confirm in seven instances that the complainant's involvement was against her will, and in another case, it was unclear what sexual acts had occurred.

The court determined "that the man influenced and coerced his wife into performing sexual acts on herself, broadcasting them online, receiving additional sex buyers, and attempting to persuade neighbours and customers to have sex with her," Judge Johan Ahlberg said in a statement.

"In many cases, this was also done through prolonged nagging and the use of unpleasant and condescending language."

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In addition to the prison term, the man was instructed to pay damages of 200,000 kronor ($21,300) to the woman. He has refuted any wrongdoing and asserted he was facilitating consensual encounters.

Swedish law makes the purchase and procurement of sex illegal but does not criminalise the selling of sex by sex workers, who are viewed as exploited victims.

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