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May 25, 2012
Swedish serial killer granted new trial
Published: 17 Dec 09 10:51 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/23898/20091217/
Convicted Swedish serial murderer Thomas Quick has been granted a new trial for the 1988 killing of a tourist in Dalarna in central Sweden after he recanted his confessions to several killings.
- Confessed serial killer requests retrial (20 Apr 09)
- Quick retracts serial murder confessions (15 Dec 08)
- Self-confessed serial killer 'should not have been convicted' (22 Nov 06)
But in several programmes broadcast last year by Sveriges Television (SVT) journalist Hannes Råstam, Quick has taken back all of his previous confessions.
In April, his lawyers filed a formal request with the Svea Court of Appeal seeking a new trial for a case involving the murder of 24-year-old Yenon Levi, an Israeli tourist who was found dead near the side of a deserted forest road in Dalarna in 1988.
In documents accompanying the petition, Quick’s lawyer Thomas Olsson argued that a number of mistakes took place during the police investigation of Levi’s murder.
“The conviction is based on a confession from a mentally ill and drugged person. In addition, relevant investigative material was withheld from the court,” Olsson told the TT news agency when he filed the petition, which also included the name of another possible culprit in Levi's killing.
There was also information from witnesses that the alternative assailant, who is said to have strong anti-Semitic views, was connected to Levi.
The appeals court said that the new evidence presented by Quick creates doubts about whether he is indeed guilty of the crime for which he has been convicted.
The court went on to say that there are sufficient grounds to try the case once again in order to revisit the question of Quick’s responsibility for the crime and thus granted a retrial.
Quick, who has since changed his name to Sture Bergwall, has been indicated that he will petition for retrials for each of the eight murders for which he’s been convicted.
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It could well have been police trying to wrap up the case without having to work too hard.
It's not like he will be released if he's acquitted. If he didn't do it, then the police should focus their energy on finding the real killer. They owe the victim that much.
This is a little different. Ward had one trial. This putz had 6 separate trials. It is highly unlikely that 6 separate jurys got it wrong. Let him rot.
Or maybe you'd prefer if we just let him admit to every unsolved murder in Sweden and close those cases.
Did you read the article? He plans on petitioning to retry all 8 convictions. He admitted to killing more than 20 people throughout the Northlands. It seems it is you that is missing the point. This is a bored killer who has spent the last 20 years in jail and is looking to have some fun. This is a waste of time for all the victims and waste of tax payer money.
"Or maybe you'd prefer if we just let him admit to every unsolved murder in Sweden and close those cases. " That was just childish.
Having said that, he has a right to a retrail.
A conviction based soley on a confession is never safe, as we have seen several times before.
This guy wants to get out of jail. However, this guy belongs behind bars. That he is capable of murder is without a doubt. Among his other offenses are:
- Molesting four boys (1969)
- Attempted murder - stabbed a guy that survived(1974).
- Armed robbery together with a 16 y.o. accomplice. Taking hostages in connection with that robbery. (1990)