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Shakir Mahmoud Shakir, a 38-year-old Iraqi home care worker, has been sentenced to four years in prison for the rape of a 100-year-old woman in Stockholm. While the Swedish court delivered a guilty verdict for the assault committed during his service, Shakir was acquitted of a separate rape charge involving a 94-year-old woman and avoided deportation.
“There will likely be an appeal,” says prosecutor Linn Nyberg regarding the outcome.
The incident occurred in October when the 100-year-old victim was suffering from chest pains. Instead of receiving an ambulance, she was visited by Shakir, who was employed in the home service sector. According to the woman’s interrogation testimony, Shakir told her, “They have said that you should be anointed.”
He proceeded to use an ointment and an unknown object to assault her. Despite her yelling at him to stop, he continued the abuse for approximately 10 minutes without responding to her.
“Then I was ready to cry. And I thought, you work here. And then you do this to people. And against women,” the 100-year-old woman recounted in her statement.
Following the emergence of suspicions, Shakir took sick leave and was subsequently dismissed by the City of Stockholm.
Judge issues no deportation
Although Shakir is a citizen of Iraq and the prosecutor had requested his expulsion, the district court rejected this measure. Judge Mohamed Ali, newly appointed in June 2025, refused to issue the deportation order, saying there are “strong reasons that speak both for and against a deportation.”
He said that Shakir is “established” in Sweden and “has good contact with his daughter, who is a Swedish citizen,” according to Swedish news outlet Expressen.
The court also found that there were no ‘humiliating or degrading elements’ when Shakir Mahmoud Shakir raped the woman.
Acquittal of second rape
Shakir was also facing charges for the suspected rape of a 94-year-old woman in September. The victim recalled standing by her toilet needing assistance when she was assaulted and passed out from pain. When she awoke, Shakir was present.
While the district court assessed the woman’s story as credible and agreed that the investigation suggests abuse by home care staff, they ruled that it could not be proven that Shakir was the perpetrator. Consequently, he was acquitted of this specific charge.
The court classified the rape for which he was convicted as “serious,” acknowledging the victim’s defenseless position. However, it was not deemed “aggravated” because the course of events was considered limited and “neither threats nor violence have occurred.”
Prosecutor Linn Nyberg expressed disagreement with aspects of the verdict. “I don’t share the assessment, but have to go through how they have reasoned more properly,” she stated.
Shakir has a criminal record already
Shakir Mahmoud Shakir has denied all wrongdoing, admitting only to being present at the homes on the dates in question. “She thanked me when I walked out of here. I work from the heart, feel sorry for them,” he said during his interrogation.
This is not Shakir’s first encounter with the law. In 2021, he was convicted of document forgery and pretending to hold public standing after using a forged security guard ID. Additionally, last spring, he was fined and had his license suspended for driving with drugs in his blood.
Despite this criminal record, he was hired to care for the elderly.
Foreigners raping or abusing seniors in Sweden is hardly a rare occurrence. Just two months ago, a 20-year-old Iraqi migrant who had previously served prison sentences for drug offenses was discovered to have filmed and mocked elderly dementia patients while employed as a caregiver at a municipal care home in Ängelholm, southern Sweden.
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