conviction_status conviction birth_place image_size conviction_penalty birth_date article_title name occupation
convicted prison and serving prison sentence , incarcerated in ila child sexual abuse and rape bergen , norway 100px preventive detention with a term of 9 years 20 april 1952 erik andersen -lrb- child molester -rrb-
 erik andersen prisoner , former garage owner
erik andersen -lrb- child molester -rrb-

erik andersen -lrb- born march 20 , 1952 -rrb- , also referred to in the media as the pocket man -lrb- in norwegian `` lommemannen '' -rrb- , is a convicted norwegian child molester from bergen .
he was arrested in 2008 , accused of molesting hundreds of children since 1976 , and in 2010 , he was convicted and sentenced to preventive detention with a term of 9 years , with the possibility of extension for as long as he is deemed a danger to society .
he is currently serving his sentence in ila prison .
`` the pocket man '' was originally the name given by the norwegian police and media to the then unidentified child molester .
the man who has been at large since 1976 , has been accused of committing sex crimes against minors throughout southern norway .
`` the pocket man '' might have lured boys in numerous localities and has by the police been characterized as a `` dangerous serial criminal '' .
the last known incident of the pocket man took place in skjolden in luster on june 14 , 2006 .
the police have registered about 160 cases .
the police allege that several occurrences also have not been reported .
in august , 2009 , the suspect was formally indicted and charged with 60 cases , including two cases of rape of small boys .
he can not be prosecuted for cases that are older than ten years .
the suspect has admitted to involvement in 20 of the cases .
the identity of `` the pocket man '' was unknown to the police until , after several years of investigation , they identified a man from bergen who was arrested and indicted as the perpetrator on january 11 , 2008 .
the suspect remained anonymous until he was identified as erik andersen by norway 's largest daily `` verdens gang '' on august 22 , 2009 .
`` the pocket man '' was during one period of the investigations known as `` the bandage man '' , first time in a case from bergen in 1980 .
the police realized that this was the same offender in the autumn of 2007 .
