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Man jailed for attack following Facebook affair confession
A Swedish man who used a screwdriver to attack his wife’s lover after she revealed her infidelity on Facebook has been convicted of aggravated assault.
Swedish man attacked by tattooed girl gang
Police in central Sweden are on the hunt for a gang of tattooed women who sexually molested a 50-year-old man as he was riding by on his bicycle.
Man bashed by urinating gang
A man was seriously assaulted by a gang of youths in Umeå on Friday night.
Knife man gets reduced sentence after dog bite to testicles
A 32-year-old man in southern Sweden found guilty of assaulting his ex-girlfriend has been granted a lower than usual sentence because of the suffering caused when he was bitten in the testicles by the woman's Rottweiler.
Girl receives damages for genital mutilation
A 19-year-old girl in Gothenburg has been awarded compensation after having been subjected to genital mutilation in Somalia as an 11-year-old.
Elderly man kills wife with axe
An 81-year-old man from Norrtälje in eastern Sweden reported to police on Monday morning that he had hit his 67-year-old common law wife with an axe. The woman died from her injuries during the afternoon.
Swede held for child sex crimes in Cambodia
A Swedish man in his sixties has been arrested in Cambodia on suspicions of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy.
Foster parents 'hung boys from hooks'
The plight of three young brothers who were allegedly placed in sacks and hung from hooks in the attic of a foster home in central Sweden has led to charges against the couple in whose care the boys were placed following the death of their mother.
Boyfriend blames ADHD for genital tattoo abuse
A Swedish man has claimed that his attention deficit disorder (ADHD) is to blame for the aggravated assault of his girlfriend which extended to tattooing his name and ID number on her sexual organs.
Ex-girlfriend botches stun gun castration
A 26-year-old woman from Malmö has been charged for pointing a stun gun at her ex-boyfriend's genitals.
Angry Swede attacks neighbour with tree branch
An angry man attacked his neighbour in a Gothenburg suburb on Wednesday. The man's chosen weapon was a large branch from a tree.
Teacher taped young boy's mouth shut
A pre-school teacher in Sweden has been reported to police for taping a six-year-old’s mouth shut after he refused to be quiet.
Four years for breaking newborn's arm
A 36-year-old Swedish man previously convicted for abusing his two week old daughter has had his one-year prison sentence lengthened to four years by the Svea Court of Appeal.
Swedish hairdresser bitten by disgruntled client
A hairdresser in Jönköping in central Sweden was admitted to hospital with bite wounds on Wednesday after incurring the wrath of a client, according to the Aftonbladet newspaper.
DNA evidence insufficient for rape conviction
Rape charges against a 19-year-old man in Sweden have been dropped despite the existence of DNA evidence on a bloody glove found near the crime scene.
Students reported for beating school principal
Three students from a school in western Sweden have been reported to police for assaulting their principal.
Violent night in Stockholm
A spate of violent crimes was reported on Monday night in Stockholm. Two stabbings and a serious assault occurred as Sweden prepared for the Eve of Epiphany holiday.
Threesome pastor convicted over sex game assault
A Stockholm-area pastor charged with beating his wife during a threesome has been sentenced to probation and counseling, the Metro newspaper reports.
Swedish star convicted of beating wife
Swedish pop music star Daniel ”Papa Dee” Wahlgren was fined 8,400 kronor ($1,135) by the Stockholm District Court on Monday for having shoved his wife into a wall.
Tattoo thieves indicted for scissors attack
Two men have been indicted for forcefully attempting to cut away a tattoo belonging to a 32-year-old man in Kalmar, south-east Sweden.
Gays attacked by three boys
Three youths arrested for the assault of two homosexuals in Stockholm last Monday, were held in custody on Saturday, and charged with robbery and grievous bodily harm.
Pair held for using scissors to remove man's tattoos
Two men were arrested on Monday in Kalmar in southern Sweden on suspicions of assault for using a pair of scissors to cut away another man’s tattoos.
Swedish rape stats rise
The number of reported rapes in Sweden has risen sharply in the last ten years, according to a new survey by Brå, the Swedish national council for crime prevention.