Abstract
A case is presented of 63-year-old male, who committed over 20 sexual offences in the years 1952-1996, and with short intervals has spent 39 years in penal institutions. Due to the punishable acts charged to him, he was many times submitted to psychiatric court examinations. The paper includes an analysis of the subject's childhood and adolescence environmental and upbringing conditions, a description of his functioning during imprisonment, results of psychiatric court examinations, and his accountability assessment.