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Robbery

The following articles have been tagged with "Robbery":

Swedish 'serial killer' cleared of two murders

National: 22 May 13
A man long referred to as Sweden's most notorious serial killer after being convicted of eight murders has been cleared of two more of the killings, prosecutors announced on Tuesday. READ »

Man held over armed jewellery store robbery

National: 19 May 13
A man was detained Sunday morning on suspicion of involvement in a violent jewellery store heist which left three people with gunshot wounds. READ »

Three shot in jewellery heist on busy street

National: 18 May 13
Three people were wounded during an armed robbery on a jewellery store in Ängelholm, southern Sweden on Saturday, with the robbers escaping on a yellow moped. READ »

Man wounded in schoolyard shooting

Society: 18 May 13
Panic broke out at a Gothenburg school on Friday evening as one man was wounded in a shooting which could be linked to a violent robbery that took place in the area on the same day. READ »

Swedish bride murder suspect's health worsens

National: 16 May 13
A British man wanted in South Africa in connection with the murder of his Swedish wife, who was killed while the couple were on their honeymoon, has suffered a relapse in mental health problems, a court heard on Wednesday. READ »

Shopkeeper jailed for 'torture' of three teens

National: 13 May 13
A Stockholm shopkeeper has been jailed for two years for locking up three teenage boys in his store's cellar for ten hours, where he mimicked aspects of water boarding on one of them. READ »

Swedish royal regalia found in rubbish bags

National: 7 May 13
Police in central Sweden made an unusual discovery on Monday evening when they found two large rubbish bags containing a recently stolen sceptre and crown used in the sixteenth-century funeral of Sweden's King Johan III. READ »

Royal regalia heist shocks Swedish church

Society: 4 May 13
A sceptre and crown used in the sixteenth-century funeral of King Johan III were stolen during an overnight robbery at the Västerås Cathedral in central Sweden. READ »

Sweden Democrat MP in racist Facebook chat

Politics: 26 Apr 13
The Sweden Democrat who replaced an MP disgraced for oinking at a security guard has himself been found to have referred to a group of black people as monkeys on Facebook. READ »

Man tries to rob cashless Swedish bank

National: 22 Apr 13
A bank robber in the making on Monday morning tried to force bank personnel in central Stockholm to hand him money, before having to leave empty-handed because the office did not deal with cash. READ »

Stockholm TV thieves in robbery blunder

National: 8 Apr 13
Police had the last laugh when two men robbed a Stockholm-area electronics store in broad daylight, with witnesses recording every wrong move the thieves made. READ »

Masked teen girls rob hamburger joint

Society: 1 Apr 13
Two masked and knife-wielding young girls robbed a fast-food restaurant on Sunday night, escaping with around 2,000 kronor ($300). READ »

Swedish 'cocaine king' jailed for 18 years

National: 8 Mar 13
A 40-year-old man was sentenced on Friday to 18 years in prison after he was caught smuggling 1.4 tonnes of cocaine into Sweden as part of what has been labelled Sweden's "biggest ever" cocaine ring. READ »

Subway robber suspected of Paris killing

National: 20 Feb 13
The man who robbed a drunken man in Stockholm as he lay on the subway train tracks is now suspected of killing someone in Paris in 2011, after a French television viewer recognized the thief from security camera footage. READ »

Snowplough used in bold Stockholm jewel heist

National: 12 Feb 13
Robbers used a snowplough to smash their way into a jewellery store in southern Stockholm on Monday afternoon with police still on the hunt for suspects in the brazen heist. READ »

Four remanded after Stockholm bank raid

National: 14 Jan 13
Four men were ordered held on remand on Sunday, on the suspicion of their involvement in Thursday's armed bank robbery in northern Stockholm. READ »

No charges for cop who shot jewel raid suspect

National: 11 Jan 13
Prosecutors have dropped a manslaughter probe into the police officer who shot a suspected jewel thief in the head last week in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, ultimately causing his death. READ »

Police hold four suspects after bank heist

National: 11 Jan 13
The police have detained another two suspects, bringing the total to four, after an attempted bank robbery in Täby north of Stockholm on Thursday. READ »

Two arrested after bank robbery shoot-out

Business & Money: 10 Jan 13
Two men have been arrested after opening fire on police with automatic weapons in a north Stockholm bank robbery on Wednesday, while police in southern Stockholm were kept busy with another raid on an armoured car. READ »

Jewel raid suspect dies after police shooting

National: 9 Jan 13
The 26-year-old man shot in the head by Swedish police in connection with a jewellery store robbery in Södertäjle last week died in hospital on Wednesday morning. READ »

Five remanded for jewellery store heist

National: 8 Jan 13
A 26-year-old man who was shot in the head by police during a jewellery store robbery on Friday was ordered held on remand on Tuesday, as were four of his accomplices. READ »

'No hope' for suspect shot by police: doctor

National: 7 Jan 13
Doctors have said there is "no hope" for the suspected jewel thief who was shot in the head during a robbery in Södertälje on Friday, according to relatives, as investigators continue to probe the dramatic heist. READ »

Gang of six held over violent jewellery heist

National: 6 Jan 13
The six people held over a violent jewellery store robbery in Södertälje were childhood friends who dreamed of a life of luxury, media report. READ »

Four arrested over jewellery store robbery

National: 5 Jan 13
Police shot one man and arrested four on Friday after an armed robbery on a jewellery store in a Södertälje shopping mall one hour south of Stockholm. READ »

Swedish police shoot jewel thief in the head

National: 4 Jan 13
A robber was shot in the head by police on Friday after he and three others exchanged fire with officers in Södertälje, one hour south of Stockholm, after trying to rob a jewellery store in a shopping mall. READ »

Robbery attempt shuts parts of Stockholm metro

National: 3 Jan 13
The attempted robbery of a cash transit vehicle prompted Stockholm police to disrupt traffic at three central metro stations on Thursday as they attempted to chase down the robbers who reportedly used smoke bombs to aid their getaway. READ »

Career criminality drains millions from Sweden

Business & Money: 3 Jan 13
Career criminals cost Swedish society so much that the government needs to take youth criminality more seriously, not only for the individual's sake, but also to keep costs in check, two economists have claimed. READ »

Four held for robbery after paedophile trap

National: 28 Dec 12
Police have arrested two men and two women for robbery after setting up honey traps online and luring or forcing their way into at least two victims' homes where they forced them to record "paedophile confessions". READ »

Dewani hitman sentenced to life in prison

National: 5 Dec 12
The man found guilty of killing Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani in South Africa two years ago was sentenced to life in prison by a South African court on Wednesday. READ »

Oinking Sweden Democrat MP steps down

Politics: 29 Nov 12
Sweden Democrat MP Lars Isovaara is leaving all of his political duties after he reportedly snuffled and spat in contempt at a parliamentary security guard, party leader Jimmie Åkesson announced on Thursday. READ »

Found bag puts Sweden Democrat MP in doubt

Politics: 29 Nov 12
Soon after the Sweden Democrats rushed to the defence of MP Lars Isovaara, who reportedly snuffled and spat in contempt at a parliamentary security guard, the bag he said was lost in the robbery that upset him was found left behind in a restaurant. READ »

Oinking Sweden Democrat spat at guard

Politics: 28 Nov 12
Police called to the scene of a robbery ended up reporting the victim, Sweden Democrat MP Lars Isovaar, for racial abuse as he spat in contempt when an immigrant-background security guard asked him for ID to get inside the parliament building. READ »

South African court finds Dewani hitman guilty

National: 19 Nov 12
A South African court on Monday found Xolile Mngeni guilty of the 2010 murder of Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani in Cape Town. READ »

Sweden looks to beef up child sex abuse laws

Politics: 15 Nov 12
Sweden should extend the statute of limitations for child sex abuse crimes and make it easier to require criminal background checks on people who work with children, according to an inquiry submitted to the justice minister on Thursday. READ »

Man freed after attack on PM's bodyguard

Society: 8 Nov 12
The Brazilian tourist who attacked a bodyguard outside the offices of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in August has been released and deported after being declared fit after a week at a secure psychiatric unit in Sweden. READ »

Swedish tourist found dead in Turkey

Society: 27 Oct 12
A 55-year-old Swedish man has been found dead while holidaying in the Turkish resort of Alanya with police suspecting that he was the victim of a robbery. READ »

Robber shoots 74-year-old man and his dog

National: 26 Oct 12
A 74-year-old man and his dog were injured in a robbery attempt in Uppsala, north of Stockholm, late on Thursday evening. READ »

Italian police catch one of Sweden's 'most wanted'

National: 19 Oct 12
One of Sweden’s most wanted criminals was arrested in Sicily by Italian police for attempted murder and robbery of a bank in central Sweden. READ »

Man jailed for setting robbery victim on fire

National: 19 Oct 12
A 23-year-old man who assaulted, robbed and set fire to a 19-year-old man south of Stockholm has been jailed for the attack and ordered deported from the country. READ »

Robbing unconscious man 'a bad idea': suspect

National: 15 Oct 12
The man who admitted to mugging an unconscious man and leaving him on the tracks at a Stockholm metro station where he was later hit by a train said in court on Monday he robbed the victim because he "needed the money". READ »

'Anni Dewani was not raped': forensic expert

National: 10 Oct 12
Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani was not sexually assaulted before she was shot dead, a pathologist testified in the ongoing trial in South Africa. READ »

Cops hail 'brave' woman for stopping robbery

National: 8 Oct 12
A young woman has been praised by police on Facebook for her “bravery and integrity” after she intervened in a Stockholm mugging and forced the thieves to return their loot. READ »

Stockholm man set on fire in robbery torture

Society: 28 Sep 12
A manhas been charged with aggravated robbery and assault after he and several accomplices tortured another teenager in southern Stockholm, setting the victim on fire and demanding the pin code to his personal bank card. READ »

'It will never happen again': subway robber

National: 19 Sep 12
Both the thief and the victim in last week’s shocking subway track robbery spoke out on Tuesday, with the thief offering apologies for leaving his target to be hit by a train. READ »

Suspect admits to 'ruthless' subway robbery

National: 17 Sep 12
A 28-year-old man under arrest for robbing an unconscious man and leaving the victim on the tracks of a subway station near Stockholm where he was later hit by a train confessed on Sunday to the crime as well as other thefts. READ »

Police catch 'ruthless' subway robber

National: 15 Sep 12
Police on Saturday said they are certain that the man arrested on Friday is the man caught on security camera emptying the pockets of an unconscious victim at a Stockholm station, leaving him to be run over by a train. READ »

New footage of 'ruthless' subway robber

National: 14 Sep 12
The pickpocket who stole an unconscious man’s valuables while the victim was lying unconscious on Stockholm subway tracks is suspected of having robbed another man according to newly released security video. READ »

Swede's accused killer 'deserves life in prison'

National: 13 Sep 12
The man accused of murdering a Swedish student in Paris in 2008 should be sentenced to life in prison, a French prosecutor said on Friday in closing arguments. READ »

Still no arrests over subway robbery: police

National: 13 Sep 12
The thief who robbed a man lying unconscious on Stockholm subway tracks has still not been found by police, despite extensive search efforts. READ »

Man hit by train after robber leaves him to die

National: 12 Sep 12
Instead of helping a man who had passed out on a subway track in Stockholm, a passer-by chose to rob the unconscious victim before leaving him to be run over by a train. READ »

Accused Frenchman gets naked in new trial delay

National: 7 Sep 12
A French taxi driver and convicted rapist accused of murdering a Swedish student in Paris in 2008 stripped naked before he was scheduled to appear in court on Friday morning, further delaying his trial. READ »

French taxi driver on trial for Swede's murder

National: 3 Sep 12
An unlicensed taxi driver and serial rapist accused of kidnapping and murdering a Swedish student in Paris in 2008 is set to go on trial in France on Tuesday. READ »

Murdered couple's safe may have been found

Business & Money: 20 Aug 12
Police have found a discarded safe in southern Sweden in what may prove to be the vital clue and motive behind the brutal double murder of an elderly farming couple in south western Sweden last year. READ »

South African 'hitman' denies killing Dewani

National: 15 Aug 12
The South African suspect accused of shooting Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani has pleaded not guilty when the murder trial opened in Cape Town on Wednesday. READ »

One held for Stockholm jewellery store robbery

National: 10 Aug 12
One person has been arrested after several armed thieves robbed a jewellery store in central Stockholm on Friday afternoon; however police have still not managed to track down the others involved in the crime. READ »

‘Bank robbers are hiding in the woods’: police

National: 9 Aug 12
The three armed men who robbed a bank on Monday morning are believed to be hiding in the woods near the Norwegian border, with police revealing that they escaped with 100,000 kronor ($14,945) - in coins. READ »

Dewani case hitman accepts plea bargain

National: 8 Aug 12
One of the hitmen accused of carrying out the murder of Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani pleaded guilty on Wednesday and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. READ »

Armed robbers escape after bank heist

National: 7 Aug 12
Three armed men are on the run after attempting to rob a bank in western Sweden, with police believing they may have escaped into Norway. READ »

Fake cop escapes after highway robbery

National: 7 Aug 12
A man impersonating a police officer has escaped with a gold necklace after a botched car theft saw him dragged from the scene of the crime by a suspicious female motorist. READ »

New witnesses found in helicopter heist case

National: 2 Aug 12
Sweden's deputy prosecutor-general has decided to re-open the preliminary investigation into the case of Alexander Eriksson, who was found guilty of piloting the chopper in the 2009 helicopter heist. READ »

18 guilty in Södertälje 'gang-war' case

National: 1 Aug 12
A 31-year-old gang leader was on Wednesday convicted along with 17 other men in connection with a slew of offences committed in a gang war in Södertälje, south of Stockholm. READ »

Seven arrested for brutal Gothenburg diesel theft

National: 23 Jul 12
Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated robbery and weapons crimes after a truck driver was beaten and robbed of 450 litres of diesel fuel at a rest area north of Gothenburg, in western Sweden. READ »

Bum deal for courthouse toilet seat thieves

Business & Money: 13 Jul 12
Two people have been arrested for attempting to steal several items, including coffee, tea – and a toilet seat – from a courthouse in southern Sweden. 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 »

Two Poles convicted for 'brutal' farm murders

National: 27 Jun 12
Two Polish nationals have been sentenced to life in prison by a Swedish court for the brutal double murder of an elderly couple on a farm in southwestern Sweden last autumn. READ »

Man who went berserk with machete 'not insane'

National: 22 Jun 12
A man who went on a wild machete-wielding rampage in northern Sweden in March was not insane at the time, forensic psychiatrists have determined. READ »

Getaway car 'too small' for botched art heist

Society: 15 Jun 12
Art thieves in Stockholm escaped police but left their loot behind after a brazen burglary left a man in his sixties without his multi-million kronor paintings. READ »

Gang member held after Malmö hit-and-run drama

National: 14 Jun 12
A 20-year-old member of the Black Cobra criminal gang is under arrest in Malmö following a wild car chase through the city that left a 61-year-old cyclist dead and has raised questions about how police handled the incident. READ »

Bank cited for noting client's bank heist past

Business & Money: 8 Jun 12
Swedbank has been criticised by the Swedish Data Protection Board for registering the fact that a customer had a prior conviction for robbing one of it branches - information which led to his bank account being closed. READ »

Murder suspects 'show no emotion' at farm visit

National: 5 Jun 12
The two men suspected of a gruesome double murder of an elderly couple on a farm in southwestern Sweden last autumn reportedly showed no emotion during an inspection of the crime scene on Tuesday. READ »

Armed thieves in dramatic ferry robbery

Business & Money: 4 Jun 12
Two masked and armed thieves performed a dramatic robbery on a moored ferry in southern Sweden on Sunday night, firing shots and stealing a six-figure sum from the currency exchange office before escaping on a motorcycle. READ »

Honk-happy man charged for overusing car horn

Society: 24 May 12
A 68-year-old Swedish man took offence at a plain clothes police officer’s double parking and honked his horn continuously until the officer stopped dealing with an on-going robbery and proved his identity. READ »

Armed thieves escape after highway chaos

Business & Money: 23 May 12
Police are searching for the men involved in a dramatic highway robbery in Stockholm on Tuesday night, in which one car was stolen at gunpoint and an armoured transport vehicle was rammed. READ »

Police share pic when chubby thief gets stuck

Society: 23 May 12
Police in Stockholm couldn't resist using their official Twitter account to publish a picture of a portly would-be thief who got wedged into a fence while trying to make a getaway after an attempted robbery. READ »

Charges filed for 'cold-blooded' farm murders

National: 21 May 12
Prosecutors on Monday formally charged two men suspected in a gruesome double murder of an elderly couple on a farm in Alingsås in southwestern Sweden last autumn. READ »

Prison for Swede who ‘kidnapped himself’

Society: 18 May 12
A 29-year-old Swede, who staged his own kidnapping to blackmail his parents into giving him money, has been convicted and sentenced to ten months in prison. READ »

Men held in Sweden for trading rhino horn

National: 1 May 12
Two men are in police custody in Sweden on suspicion of having attempted to trade in the horn from the rhinoceros, which is classed as an endangered species. READ »

Stockholm car chase follows axe robbery

National: 30 Apr 12
Stockholm police were in hot pursuit of three men armed with an axe and a pistol who attempted to rob a money transport vehicle outside a galleria in the chic Stockholm district of Östermalm around lunchtime on Monday. READ »

Two arrested for asylum home male gang rape

National: 20 Apr 12
Police on Wednesday arrested two men in connection to a suspected gang rape of a 20-year-old man, carried out by three other men, in a home for asylum seekers in northern Sweden. READ »

Jens Lapidus: Sweden's newest star crime writer

Lifestyle: 13 Apr 12
With an English version of his debut novel finally hitting bookstores, celebrity Swedish defence lawyer and best-selling author Jens Lapidus tells The Local's David Landes why defending criminals beats a full-time career as a writer. READ »

Copper thieves cut off Sweden's main rail line

Society: 4 Apr 12
Rail traffic connecting Stockholm, Malmö, and Copenhagen was brought to a standstill on Tuesday after thieves severed the high-voltage overhead lines in order to steal the valuable copper wire inside. READ »

Thieving teenage intern caught 'blue-handed'

National: 30 Mar 12
After thousands of kronor kept disappearing from the petty cash supply at a company in southern Sweden, police laid a trap to catch the thief "blue-handed". READ »

UK court halts murder suspect extradition

National: 30 Mar 12
The extradition of businessman Shrien Dewani, wanted in connection with the murder of his Swedish wife Anni on their honeymoon in South Africa in 2010, was temporarily halted by a British court on Friday. READ »

Eight charged in 'biggest ever' Swedish drug bust

National: 26 Mar 12
Eight people have been charged for their part in the “biggest ever” cocaine ring in Sweden, in which several tons of cocaine at a value of 4.5 billion kronor ($665 million) had been imported from Colombia. READ »

Men jailed for 'accidental' umbilical cord theft

National: 21 Mar 12
Three men have been convicted after a witness saw them breaking into an apartment in suburban Stockholm, whereupon the burglars filled their pockets with valuables – and an umbilical cord. READ »

Inmates tortured prisoner with potato peeler

National: 21 Mar 12
Four inmates at a Swedish prison are suspected of using a television set, a broken plate, and a potato peeler to "torture" a fellow prisoner as part of an attempted extortion scheme. READ »

Man with machete leaves woman, dog bloodied

National: 16 Mar 12
A machete-wielding man went on a wild rampage in northern Sweden on Thursday, slashing a woman in the face before hijacking a minivan filled with students. He also reportedly sliced a dog, left in the stolen van. READ »

Midday shootout rattles central Stockholm

National: 7 Mar 12
Police in Stockholm exchanged gunfire with a gang of thieves who robbed a jewellery store in central Stockholm on Tuesday afternoon, sending shocked bystanders rushing for cover. READ »

Fleeing thief runs into police station

Society: 2 Mar 12
Runaway robbers, terrible drivers, and parking places for horses - it’s time to reflect upon these little stories and more in this week's edition of The Local's News in Brief. READ »

Swedish man suspected of 'kidnapping himself'

Society: 14 Feb 12
A 29-year-old man in northern Sweden has been remanded into custody together with an accomplice after trying to extort money from his parents by pretending he had been kidnapped. READ »

Wheelchair-bound shoplifters flee on foot

Business & Money: 30 Jan 12
Two apparently disabled would-be shoplifters got up and legged it after being confronted by supermarket staff, leaving a secret compartment in the wheelchair packed with pilfered coffee. READ »

Malmö dwellers forced to deliver their own mail

National: 13 Jan 12
As postal workers assigned to the Malmö district of Seved feel too threatened to carry out their duties, the residents themselves will now have to deliver their own post. READ »

Swedish teen girls 'increasingly violent'

Society: 12 Jan 12
The number of Swedish teen girls accused of committing violent assaults has more than doubled in the last decade, new figures show, while the number of girls who are victims has also increased. READ »

Busy Christmas weekend for the Swedish police

National: 25 Dec 11
Murders, break-ins and accidents made it a busy Christmas holiday weekend for the police and emergency services across Sweden this year. READ »

Two more suspected in brutal farm murders

National: 17 Dec 11
Another two people are now suspected of involvement in the murder of the elderly farmer couple in Långared, in southwestern Sweden. READ »

Parents reeling after maternity ward mayhem

Society: 7 Dec 11
Chaos erupted among newborn babies at a Gothenburg maternity ward on Tuesday when police attempted to arrest a wanted criminal visiting a new addition to the family. READ »

Bomb threat closes Stockholm shopping mall

National: 28 Nov 11
Kista shopping centre in northern Stockholm was closed for several hours on Monday after a masked gang robbed a jewellery store and a suspicious package was later found in a stairwell. READ »

Young Swedish girls in home invasion horror

National: 21 Nov 11
Two young girls were left locked in a toilet while burglars raided their home in Gothenburg on Monday morning. READ »

Apologetic thief nabbed by police mid-robbery

National: 3 Nov 11
A man from southern Sweden was apprehended by police after trying to rob a Seven Eleven store with a knife and a hand written note, apologizing in advance for any inconvenience. READ »

Robbers jailed after pooping at crime scene

National: 31 Oct 11
Two men suspected of robbing a strawberry farmer earlier this year and arrested after forensics discovered their faeces near the getaway car, have been sentenced to prison, a Swedish court ruled on Monday. READ »

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