Man accused of coercing wife into sex with 120 men goes on trial in Sweden

Earlier this year, he was charged with numerous crimes - including several counts of rape, attempted rape and assault.Prosecutors will seek to show in court that he plied the woman with drugs to push her limits, and used their secluded home and her limited network of contacts to exert control over her.Before the trial began, prosecutor Ida Annerstedt told Swedish daily Expressen that the now-former husband had "exploited her particularly vulnerable situation" and "fear of him" to normalise his coercive behaviour.The man also stands accused of using surveillance cameras in their home to control her, which sometimes captured sexual encounters. The footage from these will be submitted as evidence in the trial.He threatened to kill his wife, pour petrol on her, burn her and cut off her fingers, public broadcaster SVT reports, citing the indictment lodged by prosecutors.Though 120 men have been identified by Swedish authorities, so far only 28 have been charged in relation to the case. Most are said to have denied the allegations against them, saying they either did not have sex with the woman or did not pay for it.Online chats and payments, as well as calendar entries, are reportedly among pieces of evidence prosecutors intend to use.Defence lawyer Martina Michaelsdotter Olsson told SVT as the trial began that her client did not recognise "the same picture as the one the prosecutor presents".