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'Sex slave' child abductor jailed in Sweden

National: 25 Feb 13
The man who abducted a nine-year-old girl in Gothenburg last year and threatened to sell her as a sex slave was sentenced to two years in prison on Monday after being found guilty of kidnapping. READ »

'Skeleton lover' reports police for misconduct

National: 27 Dec 12
The woman arrested on suspicion of using bones as sex toys has reported the police who arrested her for misconduct and cited rough treatment and denigrating comments in her complaint. READ »

Skeleton lover guilty: Swedish court

National: 17 Dec 12
A 37-year-old Swedish woman with an admitted obsession with skeletons has been convicted of disturbing the peace of the dead by the Gothenburg District Court. READ »

Skeleton lover denies 'sexual interest' in bones

Society: 17 Dec 12
A 37-year-old Swedish woman awaiting a court verdict on charges she used human bones as sex toys has admitted in an interview that she is an "odd bird", but denied having a "sexual interest" in necrophilia. READ »

Fifteen Hells Angels jailed after party attack

National: 6 Dec 12
Fifteen men with connections to the Swedish Hells Angels biker gang were sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on Thursday for their involvement in a violent attack on party-goers in southern Sweden in May. READ »

Skeleton lover walks free as bone trial ends

National: 30 Nov 12
A 37-year-old woman charged with “violating the peace of the dead” for allegedly using human bones as sex toys was released on Friday as the court began deliberations, with the prosecutor arguing she should be sent to prison. READ »

'Skeleton lover' ex has bone to pick with case

Society: 22 Nov 12
The ex-boyfriend of a Swedish woman accused of using skeletons for sexual acts has called the investigation a “miscarriage of justice” and told the police he will not help them. READ »

Woman charged for sex with human skeleton

National: 20 Nov 12
A woman in western Sweden who was arrested after police found skeletons in her apartment has now been charged for using the bones as sex toys, a hobby she claimed was motivated by an interest in history. READ »

Anna's kidnapper remanded into custody

National: 12 Nov 12
The 24-year-old man who admitted to abducting a 9-year-old girl in Gothenburg last week was remanded into custody on Monday. According to his defence lawyer, his mental condition must now be examined. READ »

Man to face remand for Gothenburg kidnap

National: 11 Nov 12
The 24-year-old man arrested on Friday on suspicion of having kidnapped a nine-year-old schoolgirl in Gothenburg is set to be remanded into custody on Monday. READ »

Hells Angels take the stand after party attack

National: 23 Oct 12
Tuesday saw the opening day of the hearing for the 19 members of the Swedish Hell’s Angels motorcycle club who stand accused of violently attacking a group of party-goers in southern Sweden in May. READ »

Hells Angels trial opens after violent party crash

National: 2 Oct 12
The trial against 19 members from motorcycle gang Hells Angels, who crashed a biker party in southern Sweden earlier this year, began in Gothenburg on Tuesday. READ »

Three jailed after 'grass' scam turned violent

Society: 11 Jul 12
Three men were jailed Tuesday after they savagely attacked a man involved in a cannabis scam where ordinary grass was sold instead of marijuana. READ »

Cop convicted for taking lunch salad bribe

Business & Money: 20 Apr 12
A police officer from western Sweden who agreed to let a beltless motorist off the hook in exchange for a salad has learned the hard way there's no such thing as a free lunch. READ »

First conviction in Gothenburg bribery trial

National: 12 Mar 12
The fourth case in the ongoing Gothenburg bribery trial has led to a conviction, as a housing company official was sentenced to a probationary sentence and a fine equalling 80 days’ pay on Monday. READ »

Police bust massive sex trafficking ring

National: 28 Feb 12
Six men are set to be charged on Wednesday in the Gothenburg District Court on suspicions of operating a comprehensive human trafficking operation which brought young women from Romania to Sweden to sell sex. READ »

Family acquitted in teen 'sex slave' trial

National: 30 Jan 12
A mother, a father and their 25-year-old son, charged with trafficking after allegedly having "purchased" a 14-year-old in Serbia to serve as the mentally disabled son's wife, were freed by a Swedish court on Monday. READ »

Vilks murder plot suspects acquitted

National: 20 Jan 12
Three men accused of plotting to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks were acquitted of the charges in Gothenburg on Friday, but were nevertheless convicted for weapons violations. READ »

Court orders Vilks plot suspects released

National: 28 Dec 11
The three men accused of planning to murder controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks in a foiled attack in Gothenburg on September were released on Wednesday shortly after the conclusion of their trial. READ »

Sweden's 'youngest' file sharer, 16, found guilty

Science & Technology: 21 Dec 11
A now 16-year-old boy who had been turned in by his school for downloading films was convicted of violating Sweden's copyright laws by an appeals court on Wednesday, overturning a lower court's acquittal. READ »

Three charged for plot to murder Lars Vilks

National: 6 Dec 11
Charges were filed in Gothenburg on Tuesday against three men suspected of plotting to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks who once depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a dog. READ »

Swedish court bans niqab-wearing women

National: 28 Oct 11
Three women wearing head scarves completely shielding their faces were denied entry to a Gothenburg courtroom on Friday during the remand hearing of one of the suspects in the Röda Sten murder plot case. READ »

Activist wrote threat letters in his own blood

Society: 28 Oct 11
A 21-year-old animal rights activist from western Sweden is facing charges for sending various threat letters -- some written in his own blood. He is also suspected of setting a hamburger restaurant on fire. READ »

One suspect released as probe continues

National: 14 Sep 11
Three of the four men with reported ties to the Somali Islamist movement al-Shabaab who were arrested at the weekend on terror suspicions were remanded in custody on Wednesday, while a fourth suspect was released. READ »

Man charged for playing Dylan song for his ex

Society: 13 Sep 11
A 50-year-old Swedish man has been charged with harassment after he played a Bob Dylan song for his ex-girlfriend hoping to reignite an abandoned love. READ »

15-year-old Swede beats filesharing charges

Society: 30 Aug 11
A 15-year-old boy who had been reported to police by his school for violating Sweden's copyright laws was acquitted by a court in Gothenburg on Tuesday in what a prosecutor called an “absurd” ruling. READ »

Gothenburg tram driver charged for racial slur

National: 5 Aug 11
A Gothenburg tram driver has been charged with racial agitation after uttering slurs into the trolley's speaker system in reference to a group of teenage boys. READ »

16 years for Gothenburg woman's 'ruthless' killing

National: 10 Jun 11
A 23-year-old man accused of raping and murdering Elin Krantz near a Gothenburg tram stop in September last year has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the crime. READ »

Man guilty of 'ruthless' Gothenburg killing: court

National: 13 Apr 11
The 23-year-old accused of murdering Elin Krantz in September last year was found guilty on Wednesday by the Gothenburg District Court. READ »

New action against deportations to Iraq

National: 6 Apr 11
A group of activists gathered outside of a Migration Board facility north of Gothenburg on Tuesday night in an attempt to halt another round of Iraqi deportations. READ »

Murder pics posted on Sweden Democrat blog

Politics: 5 Apr 11
A Sweden Democrat politician in Mönsterås in south-eastern Sweden published police photos of a raped and murdered 27-year-old woman in a blog post which used the words "negro rape". READ »

Two Swedes acquitted of plotting terror crimes

National: 2 Mar 11
Two Swedes of Somali decent have been acquitted of planning terrorist crimes in Somalia by a Swedish court of appeal. READ »

Prof's privacy appeal denied by Euro court

Education: 2 Nov 10
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a Swedish court decision to fine a former Swedish university department head for barring access to and later destroying research material. READ »

Swedish couple take dog custody battle to court

Society: 12 Oct 10
A Swedish man has taken his ex-girlfriend to court, claiming she reneged on the joint custody deal they had for their ShiChi mix pooch, Totte. READ »

Man jailed for murder of 18-year-old

National: 1 Sep 10
A 22-year-old man accused of killing a 18-year-old woman in Hjällbo north of Gothenburg was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Wednesday for murder and attempted aggravated rape. READ »

Swede on trial for human smuggling in Ethiopia

National: 9 Jul 10
The trial of a Swede indicted for human smuggling and fraud has begun in Ethiopia. The woman is also wanted in Sweden for social insurance fraud. READ »

Somalia terror suspect remanded

National: 21 May 10
A 23-year old man suspected of planning terror attacks in Somalia has been remanded in custody by Gothenburg District Court. READ »

'Babyface' rapist placed in institutional care

National: 2 Apr 10
A 16-year-old boy who committed 15 sexual offences in Gothenburg in the autumn, including two rapes, is to be placed in secure institutional care after being diagnosed with a mental illness. READ »

Air scare passenger will not face jail

National: 7 Jan 10
A Latvian passenger whose drunken mid-air antics plunged a Ryanair flight into turmoil last summer has successfully appealed against an eight month jail term as a Swedish appeal court cleared him of sabotage charges. READ »

Addict's death leads to fines for civil servant

National: 17 Nov 09
A manager within Gothenburg social services has been convicted for refusing to allow a 24-year-old drug addict into institutional care. The addict later died from an overdose. READ »

Boxers pin passenger in mid-air scare

National: 5 Nov 09
A Swedish prosecutor is pushing for a longer sentence for a Latvian man who was jailed for eight months after attempting to open a cabin door on board a Ryanair plane. The man was restrained by two professional boxers. READ »

Woman, 32, found guilty of raping woman

Society: 7 Aug 09
A 32-year-old woman was found guilty on Friday of the rape of another woman by the Gothenburg District Court. READ »

Woman charged for raping another woman

National: 26 Jun 09
A 32-year-old woman has been charged in the district court in Gothenburg for the rape of another woman READ »

Gothenburg court convicts trio for heroin smuggling

National: 17 Jun 09
Three men have been convicted and given lengthy prison sentences for their roles in a heroin smuggling operation. READ »

Woman jailed for rape of teenage girls

National: 21 Apr 09
A 28-year-old Swedish woman has been convicted of rape after she and her boyfriend forced two teenage girls to engage in sex acts against their will over a 12-hour period. READ »

Gambling baron sentenced to 14 years

National: 12 Mar 09
Rade Kotur, the infamous Swedish gangster known as in the Swedish press as “Spelkungen” (The Gambling King), was sentenced to 14-years-in prison in Gothenburg on Thursday. READ »

Gothenburg tram driver's offensive remarks 'not a crime'

National: 6 Mar 09
The Gothenburg District Court has ruled that a racially and sexually charged insult hurled by a tram driver at a boarding passenger does not constitute a crime. READ »

Examiner charged over driving licence bribes

National: 25 Feb 09
A driving examiner from Gothenburg has been indicted on bribery charges. The woman is alleged to have accepted half a million kronor ($57,000) in exchange for approving driving licences for 70 test candidates. READ »

'Voodoo pimp' has sentence reduced

Society: 21 Jan 09
A 36-year-old woman who used voodoo rituals to exercise control over prosititutes in the Gothenburg area has had her sentenced reduced to one year by the Court of Appeal. READ »

Bandidos leader gets nine years in jail

National: 14 Jan 09
The leader of the Bandidos criminal gang, Mehdi Seyyed, has been sentenced to nine years in jail for his part in two 2006 car bombing incidents in Gothenburg. READ »

Sixteen charged for brazen postal heist

National: 9 Jan 09
Prosecutors on Friday indicted 16 people in Gothenburg District Court for their role in the audacious robbery of a postal depot near the city’s central train station in January 2008. READ »

Three men detained for Gothenburg murder

National: 6 Dec 08
Three young men have been remanded into custody in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old male found dead last Sunday in the Gothenburg suburb of Änggården. READ »

Gambling baron faces new tax crime charges

National: 14 Aug 08
One of Sweden's most notorious gangsters, currently on trial for instigating murder, was indicted on Thursday on charges of financial crimes and illicit gambling. READ »

Gambling baron trial begins in Gothenburg

National: 4 Aug 08
A huge police presence was on hand as the trial of gambling baron Rade Kotur got underway in Gothenburg on Monday. READ »

Young man charged over balcony killing

Society: 16 May 08
A 19-year-old man in Gothenburg is accused of pushing his mother to her death from a fifth floor balcony. READ »

Son suspected in balcony killing

National: 22 Feb 08
Prosecutors in Gothenburg have called for a 19-year-old man to be remanded in custody in connection with the death of his mother earlier this week. READ »

Man jailed for sexually exploiting young girls

National: 12 Feb 08
A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to two and a half years in jail for sexually exploiting a number of girls, some as young as 11 years old. READ »

Undertaker appeals leaking corpse speeding fine

National: 11 Feb 08
A funeral home in Gothenburg has appealed a speeding fine awarded to the driver of the company's hearse. READ »

Muslim mums win discrimination appeal

Society: 29 Jan 08
Two Muslim mothers have won a court appeal against a municipal pool in Gothenburg that required them to take off their veils and body-covering clothing. READ »

Three Bandidos gang members in custody

National: 16 Jan 08
Presumed Bandidos leader Mehdi Seyyed is among those being held following a police raid in Gothenburg. READ »

Opera star Beltran denies rape charges

Society: 5 Jan 08
Swedish tenor Tito Beltran has spoken out for the first time in response to accusations that he raped an 18-year-old nanny. READ »

'Road workers' stole thousands from businessman

National: 26 Nov 07
Two men robbed a Gothenburg businessman of 730,000 kronor by posing as road workers and redirecting traffic. READ »

Policeman 'did not act as girlfriend's pimp'

National: 21 Nov 07
A police officer in Gothenburg has been cleared of pimping charges by the Court of Appeal. READ »

Fortune teller faces extortion charges

National: 22 Oct 07
A 29-year-old clairvoyant may face prosecution after tricking customers into paying her almost 300,000 kronor ($46,000) in return for keeping them safe from harm. READ »

Men get eight years for brutal kidnapping

National: 5 Oct 07
Three men who kidnapped a 64-year-old in Gothenburg have been sentenced to eight years in jail by a court in Gothenburg. The pawnbroker found locked in the trunk of his own car suffering from life-threatening injuries READ »

Brit in court over left-hand driving death

National: 18 Sep 07
The prosecution of a British man was due to start in Gothenburg on Tuesday, after he caused the death of a woman when he drove his rental car on the wrong side of the road. READ »

Man gets 4 years for insurance swindle

National: 3 Aug 07
A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to four years in prison after he was found guilty of embezzling 36 million kronor from Swedish Social Insurance Agency in Gothenburg. READ »

Eleven years for au pair murder

National: 25 Jul 07
A 25-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of the murder of a Croatian au pair in Gothenburg in April. READ »

Man tried to pay boy for sex

National: 25 May 07
A 43-year-old man has been arrested in Gothenburg after he tried to pay a 15-year-old boy for sex. READ »

Suspect in Croatian au pair murder admits killing

National: 20 Apr 07
A man suspected of murdering 20-year-old Croatian au pair Jelena Ivanisevic in Gothenburg last week has confessed to the lesser charge of manslaughter. READ »

Policeman cleared of pimping charges

National: 7 Feb 07
A Gothenburg policeman has been cleared of pimping charges after his ex-girlfriend, a prostitute, accused him of profiting from her services. READ »

People smuggler faces charges

Society: 29 Aug 06
A man suspected of heading one of the largest people smuggling rings in Europe has been charged in a court in Gothenburg. Amir Heidari is charged with 42 counts of human smuggling. READ »

Priest jailed for fondling woman

Society: 30 Jun 06
A Church of Sweden priest sexually assaulted a woman he met on a Christian website. When the woman invited him home for tea the priest lay on top of her and made sex-like movements, a court finds. READ »

Man jailed for daughter's circumcision

Society: 26 Jun 06
The father of a girl who had her gentials mutilated in Somalia has been jailed for four years for arranging for the procedure to be carried out. READ »

New conviction for file-sharing

National: 7 Jun 06
A man who shared a film on the Internet has been convicted of breaking copyright laws by a Gothenburg court, in the third conviction of its kind in Sweden. READ »

Plane raid suspects held in custody

National: 28 Apr 06
Four men were remanded in custody by Gothenburg district court on Friday on suspicion of the raid on an SAS plane at the city's Landvetter airport in March. READ »

Father gets 14 years for raping girl

Society: 17 Mar 06
A man who raped his daughter hundreds of times, and who twice made her pregnant, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail by a court in Gothenburg. READ »

'People smugglers' in court

National: 9 Feb 06
Four people have been remanded in custody suspected of smuggling people to Sweden from Iraq and Iran. Nine people have been arrested in total. READ »

Reporter 'did not pose as policeman'

National: 30 Jan 06
A reporter from tabloid Expressen accused of posing as a policeman to get information about kidnapped businessman Fabian Bengtsson has been acquitted by a court in Gothenburg. An important judgment for journalists, says the paper's editor. READ »

Prison for East Jet MD

Business & Money: 5 Jan 06
The majority owner and managing director of travel company East Jet has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after being found guilty of serious tax offences. READ »

Man shot in kneecap in rape revenge attack

National: 13 Oct 05
Four men and a woman are prosecuted with seriously assaulting a suspected rapist in an apparent revenge attack in Gothenburg - even though no charges were brought against him. READ »

Ten years for GHB murder

National: 28 Sep 05
A Gothenburg court finds a 21 year old woman guilty of murdering her 22 year old boyfriend, after he died from drinking vodka which she had laced with the drug GHB. READ »

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