The coach bribed the referee – the computer was full of child porn
A 15-year-old football referee receives a text message in which the Djurgarden coach offers a thousand kroner for the boys’ team to lose.
But the man does not belong to Djurgården.
Attempting bribery is far from his worst crime.
In the podcast “The Hunt for the Boy,” Sportbladet tells the unexpected story of a hidden computer, earpiece, and photos that no one will be allowed to see.
This is part 2 of 2.
Bribery isn’t all there is to Dennis.
When the police check his belongings, they find cruel child pornography, hidden pictures of children and a letter.
He writes: “I am a pedophile, not a rapist.”
On the surface, Dennis is an organized guy.
He was an important substitute teacher at a school in Stockholm, but refused an extension to study at the prestigious Karolinska Medical Program. He is a paid youth football coach who accompanies his team to the cup.
In secret, and unbeknownst to the Federation, he coaches about 20 children in his spare time and leads them to matches and training.
But everything fell apart in the fall of 2019 when Dennis was caught trying to bribe football referees at boys’ team matches.
Cheating and lying
When the police searched Dennis’ home, they found a computer hidden in a backpack in the car. In the driver’s door there is a different mobile phone than the one he calls on a daily basis.
The contents of the devices mean that the investigation takes a new turn.
– It started with two suspected bribery cases. Then there was a suspicion of computer fraud that was reported stolen. Then there was the suspicion of child pornography offenses, says Staffan Edlund, the attorney general at the National Anti-Corruption Unit.
Dennis owns large amounts of child pornography. And he has a lot of kid-pranking pictures.
“It is important that you see this contrast.”
In the first part of the Sportbladet podcast “Looking for the coach boy”, which was published yesterday, it was said about the 15-year-old Fabian who confirmed the arrest of Dennis.
The second and final part is about a decent person who cheated and lied his way through life. He cheated Dennis on his way to teaching his dreams and tried to prepare his defense by registering different accounts on a forum.
In a letter written by Denise, she says, among other things, “I’m a child enthusiast, I’m not a rapist and I don’t want to sleep with every boy I see and I think it’s important to be able to see that contrast.”
Play the second episode below.