The shooting occurred on the evening of August 12 last year. The men had driven to the Berget district, believing they were going to sell narcotics to a person. When the 19-year-old appeared, he was let into the car, just as agreed in an encrypted chat.
But the men were deceived. As soon as he had sat down in the back seat, he pulled out a pistol and shot the driver, a 19-year-old man, with a shot to the head. According to the prosecutor, he also tried to shoot the man in the passenger seat, but the pistol jammed and could not be fired. The man then managed to flee the car.
Murder assignment
Just over a month later, the shooter, who is from Uppsala, was arrested. In the man's closet, the police found a notebook with "rules for murder". There, the 19-year-old had written, among other things, "don't get caught", "don't leave DNA" and "sweep away evidence".
Initially, he denied it, but after three months in custody, the 19-year-old chose to confess. He said he had taken on the murder assignment in exchange for a payment of 100,000 kronor. However, he denied attempting to murder the passenger.
Prosecutor Michelle Stein argued that the man should receive a sentence reduction due to the information he provided during the interrogation, which contributed "substantially" to strengthening the evidence against two other men. She believed the sentence should be 18 years in prison, but the Norrköping District Court believes the sentence reduction should be significantly greater than that.
"The District Court believes that a reasonable reduction of the sentence corresponds to 2/3 and therefore determines the sentence for NN to 12 years in prison," the court writes.
The court does not believe it has been proven that he tried to shoot the passenger and acquits him of attempted murder.
Instigators receive sentence
At the same time, the two men that the 19-year-old provided information about, now 21 and 26 years old, are sentenced to 18 years in prison for instigating murder. According to the indictment, they, together with others, persuaded the man to commit the murder.
The incident is likely linked to gang crime, the prosecutor has previously said, although no clear motive could be proven.
