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In early March this year, a woman in her 40s was found murdered in her apartment in Kungsladugård, west of Gothenburg. The woman had been killed with a large number of stab wounds and the following day a 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder.
He was charged with murder and for a serious assault and an attempted murder against two other people on the same day of the murder and on Friday, the Gothenburg District Court announced the verdict.
The 37-year-old is convicted of murder as well as aggravated assault and attempted murder and is sentenced to forensic psychiatric care.
“The investigation of the case shows that XX has committed the facts under the influence of a serious mental disorder, that he suffers from a serious mental disorder, that as a consequence of his mental condition and personal circumstances requires psychiatric attention that is associated with deprivation of liberty or another coercion, that therefore there are medical conditions to transfer him to forensic psychiatric care, ”the district court writes in the ruling.
The man has a long history of substance abuse and mental illness. He has been in and out of prison for a series of increasingly serious crimes and the prison service recently wrote in a statement that he exhibited increasingly aggressive and outspoken behavior.
When the murder took place the man was put on probation, something that made Erik Nord, the police chief of Greater Gothenburg, react strongly.
– These people are, in principle, punishable by certain crimes. I find it strange that they have discounts for penalties and probation. They are so fed up with the crime that is happening around them all the time. Then you should try to keep them isolated as long as possible. Not to improve them, but to protect the rest of society, he told DN this spring.
Politicians on both the right and the left also responded to the assassination with demands and promises of harsher punishments and longer sentences.
The legal policy of moderates Spokesman Johan Forsell told DN in April that the party is prepared to work towards a change in the law that would extend the time that serial offenders spend in prison by 60 to 70 percent.
– I think it’s reasonable to have it everywhere. Even when it comes to theft, for example, it is about people who commit a lot of crimes and who have it as a profession. There is also a crime victim perspective, being exposed to a robbery can be very traumatic, he said then.
Justice Minister Morgan Johansson (SocDem) responded with promises of stricter rules on parole.
– If, for example, you do not participate in care and treatment at the institution, you should also expect to receive a deferred release, you simply have to wait for time, he said.
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