Last year, the "Ghost Man" and the "Nytorgs Man" were arrested for new rapes. But the two serial rapists are exceptions, according to Johanna Lätth, an expert at the Prison and Probation Service. Fortunately, these cases are unusual, she says.
SwedenOne of the two men sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 12-year-old Adriana in Norsborg in 2020 admitted in his appeal to the Supreme Court that he had fired shots at the scene, reports P3 Documentary.
SwedenHe is previously convicted of a number of rapes from the 1980s and onwards. Now, the so-called "Ghostman", who is today in his 55-year-old age, has been charged suspected of a new rape. The woman has been in a very vulnerable situation, says prosecutor Mikael Sjöholm.
SwedenTwo high-ranking judges are reported to have been shot dead at Iran's highest court in Tehran. Both have been accused of a bloody past. One was the boss of Hamid Noury, who was convicted in Sweden, at the notorious prison massacres.
WorldNow Håkan Nessers' books about police officer Gunnar Barbarotti will be made into a TV series. The idea is that the books will be turned into six hour-long episodes each.
EntertainmentA 27-year-old man was shot to death while sitting and eating at a restaurant in Fittja center south of Stockholm. The sentences for the three people who committed the murder together are now being established in the Svea Court of Appeal.
SwedenThe Svea Court of Appeal increases the sentence for a high-profile police officer who is now convicted of gross misconduct. The penalty will be a conditional sentence and a fine of 60,000 kronor. According to a statement from the Disciplinary Board, he will be dismissed.
SwedenThe 16-year-old shot and killed three people and shot and injured two within the span of a day last autumn. Now, the triple murderer is sentenced to prison for eleven years and ten months, announces the Svea Court of Appeal.
SwedenAfter an examination of climate activists, Expressen's editor-in-chief Klas Granström was convicted of defamation. Now he is fully acquitted in the Svea Court of Appeal.
SwedenThe man worked as a social worker. At the same time, he robbed and raped several women he met through escort sites. Now his sentence is being tightened.
SwedenThe Svea Court of Appeal has established the sentence for a woman in her 30s who was employed as a court administrator at Attunda District Court and leaked confidential information from the court to a gang criminal.
SwedenA man shot himself in the foot and therefore the Svea Court of Appeal shortened his prison sentence for aggravated weapons offense by three months, to two years, reports Dagens Juridik.
SwedenThe Svea Court of Appeal upholds the life sentence against a 20-year-old man who shot and killed a teenager in Vasastan in central Stockholm last autumn.
SwedenA former arms dealer from Poland is suspected of having supplied criminals in Europe with a large quantity of pistols and automatic weapons. In Sweden, around ten submachine guns linked to the man have been seized. We fear that he has handled hundreds of weapons over time, says Customs' weapons expert Jesper Liedholm.
SwedenA teenager who shot a man to death in Flemingsberg was sentenced to prison and lifelong expulsion – despite being born and raised in Sweden. Now the Supreme Court will take up the case and try the question of expulsion.
SwedenDespite high risk of relapse, the Nytorgsman was released on parole and is suspected of rape again. The day before the news broke, the deadline for the proposal for imprisonment for an indefinite period to protect society from dangerous repeat offenders expired. Several heavy remiss institutions are critical.
SwedenThe Nytorgs man was arrested on Friday on probable grounds suspected of rape of a young woman in Hörby municipality. The suspicion concerns rape that occurred on October 23-24 in the man's residence, says prosecutor Anders Stridh.
SwedenThe Old Town man was released on parole, despite the risk of sexual offenses being assessed as high, and now he is suspected of rape again. The Correctional Service believes it has followed the law to the letter. I feel confident with our handling, says unit manager Lisa Gezelius.
SwedenThe so-called Nytorgsman, who was previously convicted of a number of rapes, has been arrested suspected of yet another sexual assault, according to information to Sydsvenskan. The arrest is said to have taken place in Skåne during the night.
SwedenA teenager was sentenced to nine years and ten months in prison for murder and attempted murder. The verdict was appealed to the Supreme Court (HD) which will now take up the case and decide whether the sentence is reasonable.
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