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February 14, 2012
Young man gets nine years for murder
Published: 6 Jul 09 14:35 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/20490/20090706/
A 19-year-old man was sentenced on Monday to nine years in prison after shooting a man to death and burning the body in a Stockholm suburb.
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The 19-year-old was found guilty of murder, aggravated arson and disturbing the peace of the dead (brott mot griftefrid) by Södertörn district court.
The seriousness of the crime is such that the 19-year-old would have been sentenced to life in prison had he been older, the court said in its judgement. He had not yet turned 19 when he committed the crime. Police found a pair of shoes and a pair of gloves with blood traces from the victim at the 19-year-old's residence.
The 36-year-old was shot twice in a cellar connected to the property and was then placed in the back seat of a car the 19-year-old ignited with petrol. The court stated that the 19-year-old must have had help to move the body, but it has not proved possible to discover who else might have been involved.
A 21-year-old man, who was charged as an accessory to arson, is thought to have purchased a container of petrol and given it to the 19-year-old. The court did not, however, find beyond a reasonable doubt that the 21-year-old knew what the petrol was to be used for and he was subsequently acquitted.
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Just because he was 18? The guy is dead. Someone who shots and then burns a body, gets only 9 yrs. The guy should rot in jail forever.
Add this to a girl who trie sto strangle her cousin with a bikini, what is going on in Sverige besides all the crazy rapes?
Either it is something in the water or a lack of faith.
Someone please teach the children about the love of God and Jesus again in Sverige and the world!
9 years is completely reasonable. How about you stick to your own justice system and we'll stick to yours. :)
9 years is pretty fu*king pathetic. Then again, its a major leap forward he was even convicted, considering the inept judicial system here.
But how can you say 9 år is reasonable? The other one is dead. No mroe life? 9 år? He will get out after less than 6 easily and probably weekend furloughs like in Norge.
Perhaps if people believed in the ultimate judgement when you die, one might reconsider doing bad things?
Anyway anyone who commits murder or rape should get life.
because anyone that depraved will only commit such things again
Ah the spirit of Christian forgiveness ! One more good reason not to be a christian.
Perhaps the sentence would make more sense if it were revealed that the victim had tortured or abused his killer prior to his own murder.
I don't want to detract from ther seriousness of the crime, but there must be more to the story.
Since you're religious I don't see what your issue is with this. Surely Jesus will punish him in the afterlife, so what's the problem?
A friend of mine was stabbed to death when a man went on a killing spree. I think I'd know more about this than you. Perhaps you're simply more blood-thirsty than I am - perhaps it's a difference in culture? Either way, unless you're a Swedish citizen and member of the Swedish society you really have no right to complain about our rules.
Forgiveness you can grant, but that doesn't mean you don't serve your time in prison or deserve punishment in this life.
David Berkowitz, the famous son of sam killer. He became a christian in jail, and says he knows he is forgiven, but should remain in jail for the rest of his life to serve out the punishment he deserves.
Do you get it to forgive does not mean let out of jail early. Besides it is up to God and the victim's family to forgive not me.
Punishment works alongside treatment and rehabilitation. It does not work on its own.
The teenager got into debt with the supplier (200,000:-) who in turn racked up some debts with his suppliers. They met to sort things out and the 19 yr old shot the other guy twice, put him in a car and set the car on fire.
Not many mitigating factors there.
But, hey, this is only the tingsrätt. Lets spend another 250k on a re-trial in the hövrätt and see if things change.