The man, who is today in his 50s and is described as a right-to-die activist, is suspected of murdering a woman in Trollhättan in September this year. The woman was found dead in her home and the case was initially investigated as a suicide.
The man was sentenced as recently as last summer to eight years in prison in Norway for assisting in the suicide of an elderly Norwegian woman in Sweden, according to TTELA. The man was, according to the verdict, very persistent and pressured the woman to take her life. Assisting in suicide is not a crime in Sweden.
The Norwegian verdict was appealed and the man was supposed to be on parole awaiting a new verdict when the crime in Trollhättan was committed.
But according to TTELA, the man was already guilty of a brutal murder of a seven-year-old girl in Norway in 1986, when he was just 15 years old. According to Norwegian media, the motive was revenge and anger.
The defense then claimed that his level of maturity corresponded to that of a 10-12-year-old, and he was referred to the child welfare committee.
