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Mother and baby found dead in flat

National: 16 Jan 12
A 38-year-old Norwegian woman and her 9-month-old baby were found dead on Monday in an apartment in Arboga in central Sweden. It remains unclear if they died due to an accident or foul play. READ »

Arboga child murderer seeks right to appeal

National: 3 Jan 12
Christine Schürrer, the German woman sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 3-year-old boy and his 1-year-old sister in 2008, is now applying for leave to appeal her verdict to the Supreme Court. READ »

Arboga murderer: 'Sweden not governed by law'

Society: 1 Apr 09
Christine Schürrer, the German woman found guilty of murdering two children in Arboga, has, in a letter to Sweden's justice chancellor, complained of biased judges and claims that Sweden has no right to call itself a state governed by law. READ »

Arboga murderer appeals conviction a second time

National: 13 Mar 09
Christine Schürrer, the German woman found guilty of murdering two young children in Arboga last year, has appealed her life sentence. READ »

What’s in a name: crime suspects and the Swedish press

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Feb 09
The Local’s David Landes attempts to shed some light on the Swedish media’s sometimes peculiar practice of omitting the names of criminal suspects. READ »

Life sentence upheld for Arboga killer

National: 16 Feb 09
German woman Christine Schürrer has had her life sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal for the murders of two young children in Arboga last year. READ »

2008: The year in review

Lifestyle: 31 Dec 08
As 2008 draws to a close, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention over the last twelve months. READ »

Slander accusations at Arboga killer appeal

National: 12 Dec 08
Christine Schürrer, the German woman sentenced to life in prison for killing two toddlers in Arboga, refused to answer prosecutors' questions during a appeals court hearing on Friday. READ »

Lawyer appeals Arboga murder conviction

National: 29 Oct 08
The lawyer for Christine Schürrer, the 32-year-old German woman sentenced to life in prison for the killing of two toddlers in Arboga in central Sweden last spring, has appealed his client’s conviction. READ »

Arboga murderer gets life in prison

National: 14 Oct 08
Christine Schürrer, the German woman found guilty of murdering two children in Arboga, has been sentenced to life in prison. READ »

German woman 'can be jailed'

National: 25 Sep 08
Christine Schürrer, the German woman suspected of murdering two children in Arboga this March, has been deemed mentally sound by psychiatric experts. READ »

Court dismisses Arboga retrial bid

National: 5 Sep 08
There will be no new trial of the Arboga murder case following the Svea Court of Appeal’s rejection of an appeal by the defendant, Christine Schürrer. READ »

Accused child murderer appeals retrial rejection

National: 1 Sep 08
Christine Schürrer has appealed last week’s district court decision to forgo a retrial in the Arboga murder case following accusations that lay judges were biased. READ »

'No new trial' in Arboga murder case

National: 29 Aug 08
A court in western Sweden has decided not to hold a new trial in the case of the murder of two toddlers in Arboga, despite claims that several lay judges were biased against the main suspect. READ »

German woman requests new trial

National: 28 Aug 08
Christine Schürrer, the German woman expected to be found guilty of murdering two toddlers in Arboga in March, is requesting a new trial because of statements in the media made by lay judges. READ »

Lay judge resigns from Arboga murder case

National: 27 Aug 08
A woman tasked with ruling on a high-profile double murder case has stepped down from her position after making comments described by the judge in the case as "completely lacking in judgment". READ »

Court: German woman 'guilty of murder'

National: 26 Aug 08
A Swedish court has ordered a German woman suspected of the brutal murder of two toddlers to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, an indication that the court finds her guilty as charged. READ »

German suspect 'should get life sentence'

National: 26 Aug 08
A German woman charged with the murder of the two children and the attempted murder of their mother in Arboga in central Sweden should be awarded a life sentence, a prosecutor argued as the case wound up on Monday. READ »

14 people 'spoiled Arboga crime scene'

National: 20 Aug 08
The lack of forensic evidence in the high profile Arboga child murder case is a direct result of at least 14 people unwittingly spoiling the crime scene, experts say. READ »

Arboga murder weapon: witnesses testify

National: 13 Aug 08
The trial of the German murder suspect accused of killing two toddlers in Arboga, central Sweden continued on Wednesday, with witnesses testifying about a hammer that is the suspected murder weapon. READ »

German suspect 'lying about pregnancy'

National: 12 Aug 08
More witnesses appeared in court on Tuesday to say they do not believe Arboga murder suspect Christine Schürrer gave birth to a baby last September, as she has claimed. READ »

Suspect's friend: 'There was no baby'

National: 11 Aug 08
A friend of child murder suspect Christine Schürrer testified on Monday that he did not believe the 32-year-old German woman had given birth to a child last September as she has claimed. READ »

Child murder suspect 'lied to police'

National: 6 Aug 08
Christine Schürrer, on trial for the murder of two toddlers, admitted in court today that she lied or withheld the truth during questioning in an effort to keep details from police. READ »

German murder suspect takes the stand

National: 5 Aug 08
The Arboga child murder trial continued on Tuesday as the accused, 32-year-old Christine Schürrer, took the stand for the first time. READ »

German suspect 'tried to kill herself'

National: 1 Aug 08
Torgny Hellgren (center), the boyfriend of Emma Jangestig, mother of the murdered toddlers, gave testimony on Friday at the trial of his ex-lover, 32-year-old German Christine Schürrer. He told the court that Schürrer had tried to kill herself on a visit to Sweden. READ »

'My kids were butchered like animals'

National: 1 Aug 08
As the murder trial of Christine Schürrer entered its third day on Friday, the father of the two toddlers she is accused of killing broke down in court as he told his story. READ »

Mother identifies German suspect

National: 31 Jul 08
Emma Jangestig (second fr. left), mother of the two toddlers murdered in Arboga in March, told the court on Thursday that she recognized Christine Schürrer, the 32-year-old German woman accused in the killings (second fr. right). READ »

Prosecutor lacks DNA evidence

National: 30 Jul 08
The police have confirmed that there will be no DNA evidence submitted at the ongoing Arboga child murders trial. A report, made public at the trial, confirms that the hair found in Emma Jangestig's hand did not belong to the 32-year-old German suspect. READ »

Arboga murder trial underway

National: 30 Jul 08
The trial of the 32-year-German woman (above) suspected of murdering two children and attempting to kill their mother in Arboga is underway in Västmanland District Court. READ »


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