May 27, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Eksjö":
National: 11 Apr 12
Seven of the eight men charged with the gang rape of a woman at a housing facility for asylum seekers run by the Swedish Migration Board were convicted and sentenced to prison on Wednesday.
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National: 9 Mar 12
Eight men who were detained on gang rape allegations in December were charged on Friday for the brutal rape of a woman in a Migration board flat last year.
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National: 10 Feb 12
A doctor in central Sweden who broke the neck of an infant during a 55 hour long delivery, is being investigated by the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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National: 18 Dec 11
When a bus driver took suddenly ill on Saturday, causing the vehicle to cross over into the wrong lane, a level-headed passenger grabbed hold of the wheel and drove the bus into a ditch, thereby avoiding a full-on collision.
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Society: 13 Dec 11
The mystery surrounding several decades-old pictures found in a vintage camera purchased last August by a UK couple at an auction in south central Sweden has been solved.
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National: 7 Dec 11
Seven men have so far been arrested on suspicion of gang raping a 29-year-old mother of two in Eksjö, in the south of Sweden.
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Society: 20 Oct 11
A UK couple are appealing to Swedes for help in gleaning clues about several decades-old photographs hidden in a vintage camera purchased at an auction in south central Sweden last August.
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National: 27 Apr 10
The Swedish Migration Board has ruled to deport a Chinese woman who lost her residency permit when her Swedish husband filed for divorce in revenge for her reporting his repeated assaults.
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National: 6 Nov 08
The 58-year old man charged with holding his girlfriend captive in a cabin for nine years, was given a suspended sentence on Thursday for abuse and molestation.
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National: 13 Oct 08
Formal charges were filed on Monday against the 58-year-old man who is believed to have held his girlfriend captive for nine years in a small cabin outside of Eksjö in central Sweden.
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National: 10 Sep 08
The fears of a refugee family in hiding provide at least a partial explanation of how a 58-year-old man managed to hold a woman captive in a cabin in south central Sweden for nine years without detection.
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National: 8 Sep 08
The police chief in Jönköping on Monday reported his colleagues for official misconduct in their handling of the case of a woman kept locked up for years in a cabin near Eksjö in south central Sweden.
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National: 6 Sep 08
Police were informed about the woman held captive in a small cabin in southern Sweden for nine years, in November 2007. They acted first Friday to arrest her captor - a man missing, thought dead, since 1982.
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National: 5 Sep 08
A woman suffering from multiple sclerosis is believed to have been held by a man for several years in a small cabin in south-central Sweden.
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National: 23 Jul 08
Greater numbers of trials are being cancelled because the accused fail to show up when called to appear in court.
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National: 15 May 08
Armed Forces Supreme Commander Håkan Syrén fears that proposed cuts to the military will diminish its capacity to defend Sweden's borders.
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National: 23 Apr 08
Eksjö, Luleå, Karlsborg and Uppsala will soon be without any military activity, announced Armed Forces Director General Marie Hafström on Wednesday.
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National: 27 Jan 08
Officials in the Småland town are unsure exactly how the 17-year old girl fell.
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National: 6 Dec 07
Three women who worked at a women's shelter in southern Sweden have been found guilty of illegally helping a mother to hide her children.
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National: 26 Oct 07
Icy roads in southern and western Sweden caused a number of accidents on Friday morning, as temperatures plunged below zero.
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National: 21 Oct 07
Police in southern Sweden have raided an apartment where a man had allegedly taken a woman hostage.
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National: 27 Jun 07
Heavy rain overnight and during Wednesday morning has led to major problems in large parts of southern Sweden, with a number of dams bursting and others threatening to follow.
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National: 27 Jun 07
Heavy rain has led to flooding in parts of Småland in southern Sweden. Emergency services were kept busy overnight as roads were damaged and dams threatened to burst.
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National: 11 May 07
Three women who worked at a women's shelter in southern Sweden have been found not guilty of hiding children from their father over a six year period.
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National: 19 Apr 07
A courtroom in Eksjö in southern Sweden was filled to capacity on Thursday morning by representatives from a number of Sweden's women's shelters, three of whose colleagues are on trial.
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National: 20 Nov 06
A man from Vetlanda, southern Sweden, has been found guilty of raping and molesting his own 10-year-old daughter.
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National: 27 Sep 06
After 47 years at the bottom of a lake and a string of coincidences, a wedding ring has been returned to its owner. Whether it bestows special powers on its owner is unclear, but Maj-Britt Öster is as happy as a hobbit in a haystack.
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National: 13 Sep 06
A teacher from Gothenburg has been convicted of raping a 12-year old girl he met online. I didn't know she was so young, he told the court.
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National: 5 Sep 06
The mother and stepfather of ten-year old Bobby have had their convictions for manslaughter upheld on appeal. Prosecutors wanted them convicted of murder.
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National: 23 Aug 06
Prosecutors have told a court in Gothenburg that the mother and stepfather of 10-year old Bobby should have their sentences for causing his death increased.
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National: 8 Aug 06
The woman convicted of beating and killing her 10-year old son Bobby was sane, a psychiatrist has said. The diagnosis means the mother will go to jail, not hospital.
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National: 22 May 06
A former partner of Bobby's stepfather has told his trial that he was a violent man who mistreaded her son.
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National: 17 May 06
The woman charged with murdering her ten-year old son Bobby has told her trial that she had left him lying naked in the snow for 30 minutes. She had earlier said he had been there 15 minutes.
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National: 15 May 06
The stepfather denied abusing the ten year old boy at the trial in Eksjö. He denies most of what the mother had told the court. According to him, the mother is chiefly responsible for Bobby's death and was "practically ecstatic" when he died.
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National: 11 May 06
Despite the misery there was also an element of tenderness in the daily life at the farm where ten year old Bobby died. That, at least, was the impression given by his mother when she was cross-examined on Thursday morning.
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National: 9 May 06
The mother of a ten year old boy murdered in January has blamed her partner for his death. But his lawyer has produced evidence suggesting she has a penchant for violence and is 'fantasising' over events she has described.
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National: 9 May 06
The horrific reports of torture and neglect leading up to the death of ten year old Bobby in January have shocked Sweden. On Tuesday the trial of his mother and her partner begins.
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National: 5 May 06
The Swedish government is to set up a new commission to investigate when children die after being abused. The minister in charge has named it 'Bobby's Law' after a ten-year old boy from Småland.
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National: 2 May 06
In January 10 year old Bobby was reported missing. In February his body was found in a frozen lake. Now a court in Eksjö hears of the horrific way the boy was treated by his mother and her partner before his death.
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National: 17 Feb 06
SEE ALSO: COUPLE IN COURT OVER SON'S MURDER
Police hunting for ten-year old Bobby, who went missing at the end of January, have found a body in a lake near his home. We can't confirm that it is him, they say.
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Smörgåsbord: 17 Feb 06
The mother and stepfather of a 10-year old boy who went missing in January have appeared in court charged with his murder. The couple both denied the charges against them.
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Smörgåsbord: 13 Apr 05
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