Dulee Gets More Than US$30,000 For Wrongful Detention in Sweden

Written by Stefan Holm of Aftonbladet Newspaper


Liberia international Dulee Johnson will receive more than 200,000 SEK (two-hundred thousand Swedish Kronor) for wrongful detention in a Swedish prison in Stockholm.

The former AIK Solna midfielder will receive the money (more than US$30,000 or thirty-thousand United States dollars) from the chancellor as compensation for suffering and lost earnings.

Dulee has created many headlines, even for acts performed outside on the field. While playing for AIK, he was arrested on suspicion of raping a 22-year-old woman in October 2010.

The woman told a hearing that she met Dulee at Spy Bar.

At an after party celebration in his apartment in Stockholm, he would, according to the indictment, force her into sexual intercourse.

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Henrik Söderman then convicted the player after a month-long trial. But Solna District Court chose to free Dulee, who denied all the allegations and he requested compensation from the state.

The 27-year-old claimed a total of 308,745 SEK for the wrong reasons having been arrested and detained from 12 October to 26 November 2010.

But the chancellor reduced the amount to 205,830 SEK, which includes 50,000 for the suffering, 150,000 for loss of earnings and 5,830 for legal fees.

Dulee, who in October was fired from his Dutch club DeGraafschap, said the money came at the right time. Credit Company Svea Finance has sued the former Lakers star of 52,710 SEK.

The case, which dealt with by the Solna District Court, for a loan that Dulee signed in May 2010.
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Report: Stefan Holm of Aftonbladet newspaper, www.aftonbladet.se