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On July 27, 2020, the man was found guilty of murder and violation of public order by the Uddevalla District Court. The Court of Appeal makes largely the same assessment as the district court regarding what has been investigated for the incident. So, there are no reasonable doubts. On the other hand, the Court of Appeals considers that the scope of the violence and the course of the events are not fully founded.
The Court of Appeals does not consider it proven that the 23-year-old had the intention of killing Wilma Andersson.
– Of course, we are satisfied that the Court of Appeal shares our assessment and that of the Uddevalla District Court on the question of liability. The value of the sentence has been assessed and is seen as a serious and high sentence value, but it has not been considered to reach life imprisonment. They have applied the previous legislation. There has been a change in the legislation since January 1, 2020, and it could have been different if this act had taken place after the turn of the year, says Chief Prosecutor Jim Westerberg.
Not motivated with life
It is true that the Court of Appeal believes that there have been many aggravating circumstances. However, given that, among other things, the extent of the violence that led to the girl’s death could not be investigated, the court considers that there are no particularly aggravating circumstances that justify life imprisonment. Instead, he is sentenced to 18 years in prison.
– As a prosecutor, it is very difficult to influence that part. We can only highlight the aggravating circumstances that exist. Here, the Court of Appeal makes the assessment that it is not so serious as to come to life. We and the district court did a different assessment, but you have to accept that, says Jim Westerberg.
Will you go ahead with the goal?
– I don’t see any preconditions to go to the Supreme Court with this. There is no precedent in this case.
With regard to damages to the victims’ families and property, the Court of Appeal makes the same assessment as the district court.
Almost a year has passed since Wilma Andersson was last seen alive in the vicinity of the apartment in Uddevalla that she shared with her then-boyfriend, the 23-year-old convicted of murder by the district court.
When she was reported missing on November 17, suspicions quickly fell on the 23-year-old and he was soon arrested on suspicion of murder.
That it was probably a murder became clear when the police found Wilma’s head hidden in the couple’s apartment.
Life sentence in district court
In district court, prosecutor Jim Westerberg presented the couple’s relationship as marked by jealousy, quarreling and fighting. When Wilma decided to end the relationship, she was murdered, she said.
The big question was how the district court would react to the fact that no body was found, but only a part.
The Uddevalla District Court decided to completely follow the prosecutor’s line and wrote in the verdict that there was “convincing evidence” that the man was guilty. He was sentenced to life in prison for his denial.
Clearer criticism of the defense
Before the Court of Appeal hearings in Gothenburg, there was no new evidence, but the district court recordings were heard a second time.
One difference has been that the defense has more clearly pointed out the deficiencies that they can see in the prosecutor’s evidence, much because there is no body. Therefore, lawyer Beatrice Rämsell said that it is not possible to fully ensure, for example, the cause of death or the time of the murder. According to her, these were circumstances that meant that the sentence would have a limited duration or, alternatively, grounds for the entire process to be dismissed.
The text is updated.
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