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The industrialist and wolf polemicist Karl Hedin was singled out as the central figure in a network that is dedicated to illegal hunting of predators.
One of the charges is that he gave others poison that was deposited on the ground, something he says he does not like.
– But I can understand if you do, says Karl Hedin in the latest episode of the Aftonbladet Krim podcast.
The test in the hunting ring began earlier this week after many round trips.
Karl Hedin, 71, is suspected of having participated in an illegal wolf hunt and of having provided a man and his wife with the poison Karbofuran.
The poison was found during a home search and was later packaged in doses in closable bags.
The woman first claimed that her husband mixed poison into minced meat and placed it in the wild with the aim of killing wolves, and that it was Hedin who put the poison in her mailbox after visiting them.
Since then, the woman has removed everything and says that only she herself has handled the poison since it was found in her father-in-law’s house.
Sealed to murder
When the trial began, the female witness, who turned out to be a defendant, was not present.
But much of the beginning of the hearing was about his credibility and how reliable his first identifying information was.
One thing that has been added is that she also became involved in a preliminary investigation into the murder stamp, where the target was her now-accused husband.
The latest episode of the Aftonbladet Krim podcast is about hunting, and Karl Hedin tells there his opinion on the matter and how he is considered to have been punished by the authorities before the verdict.
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Industry billionaire Karl Hedin comes to trial.
“I can understand if he is married”
When asked how many wolves there would be in Sweden, if he could decide, Hedin responds:
– If it’s about me personally, I don’t think we need a single wolf. But if we were to follow the EU directives, maybe we would need to have 100 scattered across Sweden.
When asked, he further says that he does not like poison being placed in fields for the purpose of killing wolves and other predators.
– No, I don’t think you should commit illegal acts. But I can understand it if it does. Actually, there is a certain difference with that, but the prosecutor has not been able to understand that.
The Aftonbladet Krim podcast also interviews Chief Prosecutor Karin Falk Strand, head of the National Unit for Environmental and Labor Goals, the unit handling the case. She believes that the media coverage of the case has been thrown out of balance in favor of Karl Hedin.
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In the case, two people, one of them the company manager Karl Hedin, accused of a serious hunting crime, are suspected of having hunted wolves on October 26, 2018.
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The trial takes place at the Västmanland District Court in Västerås.
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