"All of this information was reported in the courts and is therefore nothing new. I will not initiate any appeal," Blank writes in a press release from the Swedish Prosecution Authority.
Lawyer Johan Eriksson wants to overturn the verdict against the nanny, who was convicted of the murder of the pastor's wife in Knutby in 2004, due to Aftonbladet's investigation.
The newspaper's investigation points out, among other things, that more shots may have been fired at the pastor's wife than the nanny stated and at different angles, which could indicate an alternative perpetrator. The bed and bedding where the murder victim was lying were also not properly examined.
“Clear and distinct”
Elin Blank writes that the question marks are being clarified in the investigation.
"The shooting distance the nanny stated in the interrogations was inconsistent with the technical investigation, which was clearly and clearly reported in the courts," she writes.
The murder victim was hit by three shots – one in the hip and two in the head – but there were five holes in the duvet cover on the bed. Blank writes that the investigation showed how part of the sheet “had been folded” and that all the holes “came from three shots.”
A pool of blood under the bed could also indicate that the pastor's wife was killed earlier by someone else, according to Aftonbladet, as it takes longer for that amount of blood to drain through the mattress than the nanny stated.
But Elin Blank comments that the investigation's technical protocol does not state "the thickness or condition of the mattress."
"There is nothing to suggest that blood from the gunshot wounds could have run onto the floor in the way the technician reported," she writes.
Made a sound
The prosecutor also denies the claim that the gunshot wound to the hip occurred after the victim's death.
"The autopsy report reports that there is bleeding at the gunshot wound in the hip, especially in the subcutaneous fat. The nanny told the court that the pastor's wife made a noise when she fired that shot," Blank writes.
