Man was dismembered and put in a freezer – colleague charged

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Man was dismembered and put in a freezer – colleague charged
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A man is being charged with a serial murder in Oskarshamn. The murdered man was a colleague of the man who is now being charged with murder and aggravated assault, local media reports.

A 25-year-old man is suspected of being stabbed or otherwise murdered at the beginning of the year. According to the prosecutor, the purpose was to hide serious fraud.

The defendant is alleged to have used the murdered man's bank ID to transfer money to various gambling companies and large sums to himself. In addition, a large loan has also been taken out in the murdered man's name. In total, it is more than half a million kronor.

The lawsuit states that the murdered man's body was dismembered sometime between January 2 and February 25. Parts of the remains were then allegedly stored in the suspect's freezer.

The remains in the freezer were found in connection with a house search in February. The suspect was arrested at Arlanda in April when he returned from a trip abroad, reports SVT Nyheter Småland . He has since been detained.

The defendant denies all charges, says his defense attorney Maria Robinson.

It is true that the deceased person has been in his (the defendant's, editor's note) apartment and my client has also been there, but there is also a third person that the police have not been able to locate, who my client has told us about, she tells TT.

According to the suspect's information, he himself was not involved, nor in the transfer of money from the deceased's accounts.

"Our view is that the police may not have taken this information seriously enough," says the lawyer.

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