Man jailed for threatening checkout girl with vibrator

A Swedish man has been jailed for threatening a supermarket checkout girl with a vibrator.

He was suspected of shoplifting and challenged to empty his pockets by the shop assistant.

He then pulled out a vibrator and held it in a threatening manner. He was given a two-month jail sentence in Falun, Sweden.

"She asked what I had in my pocket," the unnamed defendant told the court.

"So I pulled the vibrator out and held it up in front of her. I then asked her if she wanted it in her. It was more like an offer or a joke."

But the unnamed cashier told the judge she thought he was going to stab her with the sex aid, reports Dala-Demokraten newspaper.

In his defence, the 44-year-old man said he was the victim because she accused him of stealing.

The presiding judge decided that since the cashier felt threatened and thought the object was a knife, that the man was guilty and a prison sentence was appropriate punishment.