At least this I can shed some light on, having access to Swedish media and with knowledge of how Swedish police operate.Redirect Left wrote: ↑12 May 2024 12:56 Of course there is also the drama around Netherlands performer Joost. It appears he made a threatening gesture (which is vague at best as to what precisely the gesture was) at a camera, after specifically saying he wanted space, there was no physical contact. The EBU is remaining silent, and most of the information is now via AVROTROS, which is the Dutch broadcaster who is signed up with the EBU. Naturally the police are also remaining silent on specifics, which they're likely meant to do regarding official business anyway. So what is the actual truth? Joost & AVROTROS maintain nothing too untoward happened, but... well we know the penalty. AVROTROS also pulled out of doing the live bit for their jury votes too during the scoring, which I'm sure didn't go down unnoticed.
In terms of the police investigation, the police will likely have been summoned after the victim (female TV crew member) reported it to their managers. It would be standard procedure if you were feeling threatened at work to inform the police. The police will investigate and then hand the case over to prosecutors. The police will only arrest you if you've committed a serious crime, and Unlawful Threats is not serious enough to be arrested. After this, prosecutors will decide if there is a case to be pursued or not. The police will never make that decision, unless it's a monetary fine such as a speeding ticket.
Prosecutors can then decide any of the following paths:
1. There is not sufficient evidence that, if it went to trial, they would reasonably be convicted. Therefore, case closed.
2. There IS sufficient evidence, and they would reasonably be convicted. Therefore, set a court date and make a formal accusation of a crime.
3. No crime was committed, for example the act was committed but it was not serious enough to reach the definition of the crime.
According to Swedish media, there are two sides of this story and they differ greatly. Of course they share no details, and I would not want to speculate, but Swedish media seem to think that AVROTROS is not painting an accurate picture of what happened.