Örebro District Court decided on Tuesday that the man, who is in his 35s, should not be detained and he was then released on bail. The decision was appealed by Per Nichols, Chief Prosecutor at the Special Prosecutor's Office, and the Court of Appeal is now following his line of detaining the man.
Nichols had requested that the man be remanded in custody for aggravated assault, but the Göta Court of Appeal remanded him in custody for assault of the normal degree. The prosecutor is also given permission to decide on restrictions for the man.
According to the Court of Appeal's detention decision, there is a risk that the man will remove evidence or otherwise hinder the investigation if he is at large.
The police deny any wrongdoing, according to his lawyer Magnus Arntell.
He has disputed the probable cause, he has a different view than the prosecutor and others involved about what actually happened, Arntell tells TT.
The suspected crime, which was not committed in connection with the man's performance of his duties, took place at an address in Örebro sometime between Saturday evening and just after 2 a.m. on Sunday.
