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STOCKHOLM, Dec 21, 2012 (AFP)
A Swedish court on Friday upheld an 18-month prison sentence for a Tunisian man who robbed a drunk man who lay passed out on a Stockholm subway track, leaving him to have his legs mangled by a train.
The Svea court of appeal in Stockholm also confirmed the 5,000 kronor (581 euros or $765) in damages the 28 year-old had been ordered to pay to the victim.
The man will be deported to Tunisia upon the completion of his prison sentence, and will then be barred from re-entering Sweden for five years.
Video surveillance footage of the incident shocked Sweden earlier this year, showing the victim, a 38-year-old Swede, staggering on a subway platform before losing his balance and falling face-first onto the tracks, where he lay unconscious.
The robber is then seen jumping onto the tracks and stealing the man’s cell phone, a gold chain, a small bag and 1,500 kronor in cash before calmly leaving the scene.
Seven minutes later, a subway train enters the station. The driver slams on the brakes upon seeing the drunk man on the tracks, but not in time to avoid driving over his legs, causing him to lose a foot and suffer serious injury to a knee.
The Tunisian man had entered the country illegally shortly before the incident.
The prosecutor had asked the appeals court for a three and a half-year prison sentence and 10,000 kronor in damages.
