Arne Bye was convicted of 70 counts of rape and sexual assault and 82 counts of abusing his position as a doctor.
A court in Norway has sentenced a doctor to 21 years in prison for rape and sexual abuse of dozens of women in a case that has shocked the Scandinavian country.
The former general practitioner, 55-year-old Arne Bye was convicted of 70 counts of rape and sexual assault. Norwegian media report that he's also convicted of 82 counts of abusing his position as a doctor.
Nearly all of the offences took place during medical examinations that Bye carried out on his patients while he worked as a physician in the small town of Frosta.
Dozens of women reportedly aged 14 to 67, all from the small town, came forward. The earliest complaint dated back to 2004 and the most recent in 2022.
The court had deliberated for a lengthy indictment which included allegations spanning nearly two decades relating to 94 women.
Bye was also banned from practicing medicine and ordered to pay compensation.
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