The woman was remanded in custody last week as a reasonable suspect for four counts of aggravated assault. Prosecutor Emma Häggström considered that the woman should be remanded in custody, but instead as a suspect on the higher degree of probable cause for four counts of attempted murder.
However, the Uppsala District Court considered at Monday's remand hearing that the evidence for the woman to continue being held in custody is not strong enough, and she will therefore be released with immediate effect.
My opinion is that there are probable grounds, but the district court made a different assessment, says Emma Häggström.
Häggström says she has not yet decided whether she will appeal the decision to release the woman. She also does not want to comment on exactly how the investigation will continue.
What I can say is that we still haven't received the analysis report and it is of course an important key for us to find out a little more about what happened, she says.
The woman, who is herself employed at the hospital, denies any wrongdoing.
The woman's defense attorney Stefan Wallin tells TT that he thinks the district court's decision "was right."
About how his client is doing, he replies:
She was naturally relieved and happy to be able to return home to her family.
A total of four people employed at the children's hospital at Akademiska in Uppsala are suspected of having been poisoned at work in October and November. The first case of illness occurred on October 25.
The female suspect was arrested on December 5.
