May 28, 2012
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Society: 16 May 12
The highly publicized appeal of a Swedish translator of Japanese manga comics convicted of child pornography crimes was brought up in Sweden’s Supreme Court on Wednesday, to an auditorium filled to the rafters.
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National: 4 Apr 12
Six of the ten Lithuanian men under suspicion of being behind a large scale sex trafficking ring in Sweden’s capital were charged in Stockholm on Wednesday.
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National: 18 Nov 11
Julian Assange has dumped his Swedish lawyer in favour of a new defence team including an attorney involved in the Pirate Bay trial, as the WikiLeaks founder continues to fight his extradition to Sweden.
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National: 15 Aug 11
The 47-year-old charged with kidnapping a woman and keeping her prisoner in an underground sex chamber in western Sweden was sentenced to 5 years in prison on Monday.
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National: 13 Jun 11
The trial began on Monday of a 47-year-old man suspected of having held a woman prisoner in an underground sex-chamber in western Sweden.
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National: 1 Jun 11
The 47-year-old man suspected of holding a woman prisoner in an underground sex-chamber in western Sweden was charged on Wednesday of kidnapping and aggravated rape.
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National: 31 May 11
The 37-year-old man who claimed he accidentally killed a 17-year-old girl during a sex act "that went too far” was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday by a Swedish court.
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National: 1 Apr 11
The 47-year-old man suspected of holding a woman prisoner in an underground sex-chamber in western Sweden was remanded in custody on Friday.
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National: 8 Dec 10
The sexual assault claims against Julian Assange are unrelated to the activities of his WikiLeaks website, the lawyer for the two Swedish women whose claims resulted in his arrest said on Wednesday.
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National: 24 Nov 10
A Swedish appeals court has increased the penalty for the 24-year-old man convicted of manslaughter in death of a 78-year-old woman who was assaulted during a parking lot dispute in southern Sweden in March.
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Society: 16 Nov 10
Charges have been filed against the publisher of a website affiliated with a Swedish neo-Nazi magazine for allowing a reader comment with racial slurs to remain on the site.
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Science & Technology: 29 Oct 10
A 50-year-old man has been charged in Sweden on suspicions of performing illegal circumcisions, the first such case in the country to go to trial.
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National: 7 Sep 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced on Tuesday that he would like to replace lawyer Leif Silbersky as his defence attorney.
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Science & Technology: 3 Sep 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyer admitted on Friday that he does not know whether his client is still in Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 1 Sep 10
A top Swedish prosecutor decided on Wednesday to reopen a probe into rape suspicions against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
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Science & Technology: 31 Aug 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been interviewed by police in Sweden regarding allegations of molestation, his lawyer confirmed on Tuesday.
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National: 25 Aug 10
Swedish prosecutors have announced that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be subject to a preliminary investigation on suspicion of molestation.
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National: 25 Aug 10
Leif Silbersky, one of Sweden's most high profile defence lawyers, has been hired by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ahead of a looming decision by prosecutors
about whether he will face molestation charges.
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National: 25 Jul 10
A Swedish translator of Japanese manga comics has been fined by Uppsala district court for possession of drawings depicting children engaged in sexual acts.
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National: 19 Jul 10
Ten men caught after a helicopter heist at a cash depot in southern Stockholm belonging to security company G4S were sentenced on Monday, while two other known thieves remain unidentified and at large.
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National: 16 Jul 10
A 30-year-old woman has been jailed for ten years for persuading her husband to murder his own three-year-old daughter.
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Society: 31 May 10
Johan af Donner, the former communications chief of the Swedish Red Cross sentenced to five years in prison for swindling the organization out of millions of kronor, has appealed the district court sentence.
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National: 28 May 10
A 23-year-old man has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 22 months imprisonment in connection with the death of a 78-year-old woman who was assaulted during a parking lot dispute in southern Sweden in March.
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National: 4 May 10
The 23-year-old man held in connection with the car park assault that led to the death of a 78-year-old woman will remain in custody, a closed Lund court has ruled indicating that the trial would take place in less than two weeks.
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National: 3 May 10
An entrepreneur in Umeå who has done business in Iran has been given a suspended sentence for accounting fraud and faces investigation for breaking sanctions against the country.
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National: 28 Apr 10
The prosecutor in the trial of Johan af Donner called on Wednesday for the former Red Cross communications chief to be imprisoned for five years for swindling both the Red Cross and the Swedish Cancer Society out of millions of kronor.
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National: 21 Apr 10
The trial began on Wednesday of former Swedish Red Cross communications chief Johan af Donner, who quickly confessed to swindling the aid organisation and the Swedish Cancer Fund out of millions of kronor.
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National: 20 Apr 10
A courtroom in Lund played host to chaotic scenes on Tuesday morning as the district court ruled to keep a 23-year-old man in custody in connection with the car park assault that led to the death of a 78-year-old woman.
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National: 13 Apr 10
The 23-year-old man suspected of the fatal beating of a 78-year-old woman in a Landskrona car park in March has admitted being at the scene but has claimed that the woman's death was an accident.
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National: 15 Jan 10
The former head of communications of the Swedish Red Cross, Johan af Donner, is to be tried on embezzlement charges after investigations reveal he swindled charities out of nearly 8 million kronor ($1.13 million).
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National: 26 Oct 09
The Svea Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a prison sentence for Thomas Jisander, who was convicted in 2008 for embezzling 20 million kronor ($3 million) in the so-called Trustor affair.
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National: 28 Sep 09
Swedish police had been forewarned by counterparts in Serbia about plans to rob a Stockholm cash depot, according to media reports. Meanwhile, details have emerged about six suspects who remain in police custody.
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National: 27 Sep 09
Several people were arrested on Sunday afternoon for their suspected involvement in last week’s spectacular helicopter robbery of a cash depot south of Stockholm.
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Society: 7 Jul 09
Damage claims against Johan af Donner, the former Red Cross communications chief suspected of embezzling millions from the organization, continue to grow.
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National: 27 Jun 09
The former head of communications of the Swedish Red Cross was remanded in custody on Friday on charges of embezzlement amid suspicions that he may also have defrauded the Swedish Cancer Society.
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Society: 23 Apr 09
A lawyer representing one of the men convicted in the Pirate Bay trial has called for a retrial after reports that the judge was a member of the same copyright protection organisations as several of the main entertainment industry representatives.
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Politics: 8 Apr 09
A secret meeting between California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Fredrik Reinfeldt provided the catalyst for the transfer to Sweden of Annika Östberg, who spent almost 30 years in a US jail, the Prime Minister has claimed.
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National: 8 Apr 09
Annika Östberg, who was found guilty in 1981 of being an accessory to two murders in California, is back in her native country after 27 years in an American prison.
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National: 6 Oct 08
Anders Eklund has been sentenced to life in prison for the murders of Engla Juncosa Höglund and Pernilla Hellgren.
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National: 25 Sep 08
The mother of Engla Juncosa Höglund, the 10-year-old girl killed by Anders Eklund earlier this year, stormed out of the court room in tears on Thursday following comments by Eklund’s defence lawyer.
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National: 22 Jul 08
The mother of murdered 10-year-old Engla Juncosa Höglund came face to face with her daughter's killer, Anders Eklund, as the trial entered its second day.
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National: 21 Jul 08
Anders Eklund admitted in Stockholm district court today that he raped 31-year-old Pernilla Hellgren in Falun in 2000 before killing her.
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National: 18 Jul 08
Court documents released in connection with murder charges filed against Anders Eklund reveal in startling detail how the 42-year-old truck driver killed 10-year-old Engla Juncosa Höglund.
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National: 9 Jul 08
A recommendation that child murderer Anders Eklund should serve a jail sentence should be overturned, his lawyer has said.
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National: 1 Jul 08
Anders Eklund, the man who has admitting to the killing of 10-year-old Engla Juncosa Höglund, is likely to face a lengthy jail term after forensic psychiatrists ruled he was not in need of psychiatric care.
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National: 19 Apr 08
Anders Eklund, the man who has confessed to the murders of 10-year-old Engla Juncosa and 31-year-old Pernilla Hellgren was remanded into custody on Friday.
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National: 15 Apr 08
A 16-year-old boy stunned the Stockholm Court of Appeals on Tuesday when he confessed to lying to police and in court about what he saw of the fatal beating of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani last October.
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National: 13 Apr 08
The 42-year-old man suspected of abducting 10-year-old Engla Höglund will be interrogated by officers from the National Investigation Department while members of the National Home Guard continued searching for the missing girl.
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National: 3 Mar 08
The trial of those accused in the death of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani will be open to the public.
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National: 19 Nov 07
Swede suspected of attempted murder fails to appear in front of Greek court for planned retrial.
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National: 9 Oct 07
Three of the five 16-year-old boys arrested in connection with the killing of a teenager in Stockholm on Friday evening were remanded in custody by a court on Tuesday. A fourth boy was released by judges.
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Politics: 27 Mar 07
Former Social Democrat youth leader Anna Sjödin has been denied a hearing by Sweden's Supreme Court in her appeal over her conviction for assaulting a doorman in a bar.
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National: 16 Jan 07
Thomas Jisander was up in court again for his involvement in the Trustor affair. But the court, deciding that there was no good reason to reopen the case, dropped the charges.
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National: 30 Nov 06
A Swede who was found not guilty of attempted murder by a court in Greece last year could face a retrial after the country's Supreme Court reversed the original verdict.
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National: 13 Nov 06
Sweden's Supreme Court has said it will not hear an appeal from 'Haga Man' rapist Niklas Lindgren, who was sentenced in April to 14 years in jail for a series of attacks in Umeå.
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Politics: 1 Nov 06
Social Democrat youth leader Anna Sjödin has announced that she will appeal her conviction for assaulting a bouncer at a bar in Stockholm earlier this year. The bouncer's evidence is not trustworthy, her lawyer says.
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Politics: 13 Oct 06
Anna Sjödin says she won't quit as Social Democrat youth leader, despite being found guilty of drunkenly assaulting a bouncer at a Stockholm bar and using racial insults.
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Politics: 27 Sep 06
The head of the Social Democrats' youth movement, Anna Sjödin, has been accused in court of hitting a pub bouncer in a drunken rage, and hurling racial abuse at him.
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National: 14 Sep 06
Umeå rapist Niklas Lindgren should have his convictions for attempted murder overturned, his lawyer told an appeal in Umeå on Thursday. He had no intention to kill, said Leif Silbersky.
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National: 4 Aug 06
Niklas Lindgren should serve life in jail following his two convictions of attempted murder, prosecutors are due to tell an appeal.
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National: 31 Jul 06
Niklas Lindgren, the convicted Haga Man rapist, has launched an appeal of his two convictions for attempted murder. "My client did not intend to kill," says his lawyer.
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National: 19 Jul 06
'Haga Man' Niklas Lindgren has been convicted of rape and attempted murder, and sentenced to 14 years in jail by a court in Umeå. Prosecutors had demanded a life sentence.
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National: 29 Jun 06
The trial of Niklas Lindgren, who has admitted to being the 'Haga Man' rapist, finished in Umeå on Thursday. He should get life in jail, the prosecution argues.
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National: 28 Jun 06
The trial of Niklas Lindgren, the so-called Haga Man who terrorised Umeå with a series of sex attacks, is nearing its end. On Wednesday the court heard from the victim of his final, and most violent, attack.
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National: 28 Jun 06
The trial of Nicolas Lindgren, the so-called Haga Man who terrorised Umeå with a series of violent sex attacks, continues on Wednesday after a Midsummer break.
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National: 19 Jun 06
Press and the public will not be allowed into the rest of the trial of self-confessed Haga Man Niklas Lindgren. Today the court heard evidence from a 15-year old whom he denies raping.
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National: 18 Jun 06
Niklas Lindgren has delivered a tearful apology to his victims, his lawyer has said. "He didn't want this, and he cannot explain it, but he understands their suffering."
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National: 16 Jun 06
The trial of Niklas Lindgren, who has admitted raping a string of women in Umeå, started on Friday. He looked at his papers and shuffled in his chair as the prosecutor described the attacks.
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National: 12 Jun 06
The prosecutor's case against the 33 year old man who is suspected of a series of brutal sex attacks in Umeå over the last seven years was delivered to the city's court on Monday morning.
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Politics: 19 May 06
The trial of Social Democrat youth leader Anna Sjödin has been delayed until ten days after the general election. Her lawyer is too busy, apparently.
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National: 22 Apr 06
Niklas Lindgren, arrested on suspicion of a series of violent rapes in Umeå, has confessed to six attacks. This is a relief for victims, says the woman representing them.
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Smörgåsbord: 12 Apr 06
The suspected Umeå rapist known as Haga Man has appeared in court for the first time. His lawyer says he maintains his innocence.
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Politics: 7 Apr 06
The head of the Social Democrats' youth wing has been charged with assaulting a bouncer at a Stockholm bar. Göran Persson says he supports Anna Sjödin, and that the charges are "very sad".
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National: 5 Apr 06
Expressen have been reported to the press ombudsman for publishing the name and a photograph of the Haga man suspect. "In my view, Expressen has broken just about every relevant press regulation,"
said the man's lawyer, Leif Silbersky.
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National: 31 Mar 06
The man from a village outside Umeå suspected of being "Haga man" was charged on Friday for three of the eight attacks he's been questioned about. The prosecutor claims to have DNA evidence for all three rapes.
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National: 31 Mar 06
The prosecutor investigating the 'Haga man', a violent serial rapist who has terrorised Umeå since 1998, has requested that the suspect be held in custody pending trial. But the 33 year old maintains his innocence.
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National: 30 Mar 06
The 33 year old suspected of being the so-called Haga man, a violent serial rapist who has terrorised Umeå since 1998, is said to be shocked over his arrest and the allegations against him.
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National: 4 Feb 06
Stockholm police are to investigate whether a policeman has committed a crime by writing in his blog about the furore surrounding Social Democrat Youth leader Anna Sjödin, who was involved in a bar brawl in Stockholm last weekend.
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Politics: 31 Jan 06
The Social Democrat youth leader accused of assaulting and racially abusing a doorman at a Stockholm pub is "a nice girl", says prime minister Göran Persson.
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National: 21 Sep 05
A Somali-Swede who had all his assets frozen after he appeared on a UN terror list has lost his case in a European court. His lawyers say they will appeal, claiming that the ruling is political.
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National: 15 Jul 05
The leader of a gang which kidnapped Fabian Bengtsson, whose family owns the Siba electrical retail chain, has been sentenced to ten years in prison followed by deportation. One accomplice got six years while another will serve two years for sending text message threats to chop off Bengtsson's fingers.
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Politics: 15 Jul 05
Senior civil servant "conned Swedish ministers"
More details leak out about the million-kronor funding scam allegedly pulled off by a senior civil servant, exposing a serious lack of financial control at the heart of the government.
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National: 23 Jun 05
Three men go on trial in Gothenburg for the kidnapping of Fabian Bengtsson. The men kept the Siba chief executive imprisoned in a box for seventeen days, in the hope of extorting money from his family.
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National: 19 May 05
Two policemen who failed to send colleagues to an ongoing rape incident when they were on duty in Stockholm's central communication centre are sentenced to a month in prison while a third gets a hefty fine.
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Society: 25 Apr 05
Two years ago a Stockholm restaurant owner threw out a lesbian couple for kissing and cuddling at a table. On Monday a court ruled that he had broken Sweden's ever-tightening discrimination laws and forced him to cough up compensation.
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National: 12 Apr 05
Three years of uncertainty, legal fees and intermittent prison accommodation come to an end for 21 year old Calle Jonsson, who is found not guilty of attempted murder by a Greek court. Greek justice works at last, says Jonsson's Swedish lawyer.
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National: 5 Apr 05
A Greek man who was stabbed on the island of Kos three years ago says he's "certain" that the attacker was 21 year old Swede Calle Jonsson. But the trial is postponed for a day while his bloodstained clothes are brought to the courtroom in Rhodes from Kos.
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National: 3 Mar 05
When a 22 year old woman accused three ice hockey stars of raping her three weeks ago the players were released, shamefaced but not suspected of any crime, after 24 hours. Now a new investigation is underway - and the prosecutor wants it to be more thorough this time.
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National: 2 Mar 05
The citizens of Linköping heave a collective sigh of relief as news breaks that police are holding a suspect for the first time since two people were stabbed in broad daylight last October. But hours later the man is released - and the tension returns.
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Sport: 14 Feb 05
Three of Sweden's ice hockey heroes have been banned from the national team for the remainder of the season following revelations of their nocturnal activities after a recent match against Norway.
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National: 13 Nov 04
After three years of legal wrangling, the 21-year old Swede accused of knifing a man while on vacation in Greece will have to return to the island of Kos - but this time he'll face trial.
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National: 14 Oct 04
Calle Jonsson, accused of a stabbing in Greece three years ago, could face extradition thanks to the European arrest warrant. But lawyers for the Stockholm man are criticizing the Greek investigation.
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National: 16 Apr 04
Anna Lindh's murderer wants the verdict reduced to manslaughter while her family is seeking increased compensation.
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