The former mayor was sentenced to four years in prison for having sexual relations with a minor back in late 2012,but appealed the case.
Whereas the verdict was originally linked to the mayor having assaulted the girl when she was 13 years old, the new verdict states that he has had sexual relations when the girl when she was less than sixteen years old, but not necessarily less than 14.
The appeal case started on April 22, and Øygard will be sentenced on May 30. The case has received a lot of media attention due to the close relationship that has been described in court between the young girl in the neighboring village, and the well-respected mayor that represented the Labor Party.
The Labor Party withdrew their support for the mayor last fall, when several Skype conversations revealed what suggested an intimate relationship between the mayor and the girl.
Øygard's defense attorney thinks that the former sentence will now be reduced to months rather than years based on the new verdict.
The prosecutor, however, will ask that Øygard is sentenced to prison for two years and six months. He thinks the mayor took advantage of the girl in the coarsest way possible, and abused his position of power.
(NRK)
Julie Ryland
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