A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday overturned a controversial assault ruling that sparked heated debate about Sweden's legal system after The Local broke the story earlier this year.
A controversial assault ruling that sparked debate in Sweden about its legal system looks set to be thrown out by the appeals court, which is still deliberating the man's sentence.
Sweden's Justice Ombudsman (JO) is to review a controversial assault ruling which sparked debate in the country, probing how it was written and if there is a need to change the working methods around writing legal sentences in the country.
A man arrested under suspicion of attempting to murder his girlfriend was released the following day and promptly returned to the apartment where the suspected crime was committed.
Solna District Court has suspended two lay judges following a controversial assault ruling which stirred huge debate in Sweden after The Local broke the news last week.
A controversial ruling in a Stockholm assault case has put the spotlight on the use of lay judges in Sweden's legal system. But what exactly do they do, and what are the pros and cons to the system? The Local asked a top legal expert to help us understand.
Is Sweden really a 'rape capital' as repeatedly suggested by sections of the international media? The Local consulted experts to get to the bottom of the matter.
Swedes are increasingly worried about crime, and women are more concerned about it than men, according to new figures from the country's National Council on Crime Prevention (Brå).
A growing number of Swedes are victims of crime, according to the Swedish Crime Survey published by the country's <a href="https://bra.se/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statistics.html">National Council on Crime Prevention (Brå)</a> on Wednesday.
The trial of a sports coach in Sweden accused of 100 counts of crimes against a dozen teenage boys is under way in Blekinge, with the man admitting that he tied them up but denying that he committed a crime as he believes they gave their consent.
A sports coach in Sweden faces trial on 100 counts of alleged crimes against a dozen teenage boys, including taping their mouths shut and filming them.
UPDATED: A Syrian asylum seeker who was verbally and physically abused by a bus driver in Sweden has told The Local the incident has left him shocked and humiliated.
Muhammed, a 32-year-old engineer from Syria, was beaten up by a Swedish bus driver on Tuesday. He tells The Local Voices why the incident left him humiliated, and why he felt unable to defend himself.
Five men have been arrested in Sweden for sexually assaulting a teenager at an asylum centre, in the latest in a string of serious crimes at the country’s overcrowded refugee centres.
Fourteen women have reported being assaulted over New Year in the southern Swedish city of Kalmar, but police are playing down comparisons with the mass attacks in Cologne in Germany.
UPDATED: Police have launched a murder investigation after one man died and another was left fighting for his life in hospital on Thursday following a mystery assault in Norrköping in central Sweden.
UPDATED: Two security guards at Malmö's main train station who were filmed apparently banging a nine-year-old boy’s head into a stone floor are being investigated by police.
Swedish-American Jeffery Taylor of the Charlotte Hornets will not be involved in team activities as the basketball association and police probe the domestic assault charge against him.
Swedish police have warned of an increase in children and teens made to pose in a sexually provocative manner online, while prosecutors said collecting evidence was made harder in cross-border abuse cases.
