Tuesday, January 20, 2015

18 years in prison for the murder of 63-year-old – Swedish Radio

18 years in prison for the murder of 63-year-old – Swedish Radio

The couple accused of murdering a 63-year-old man found buried north of Kalmar last summer was sentenced on Tuesday by Kalmar District Court. Both get 18 years in prison.

The couple, in addition to serving long prison sentences, also pay SEK 150 000 in damages to 63-year-old relatives.

It was a morning at the end of the summer of 2012 that the couple, according to the district court’s ruling, came home to 63-year-old and shot him in his bed. Since helped the couple to conveying away and bury the body.

The day before had a grave dug in a field that belonged to the accused man’s family, away from the 63-year-old farm.

During the trial denied the woman to any involvement in the murder, while the man confessed that he had participated in hiding the body. He blamed However, the murder of another person, without revealing the identity of the person.

The couple was helped then to clean and renovate the house where the man had been murdered. When the couple reported the 63-year-old disappeared took the police immediately suspected that the couple could be behind the 63-year-old’s disappearance. But it was only when the suspect is 23-year-old last spring, told of the murder of a member of the organization Missing People like mystery was solved.

The woman of Missing People could direct the police and the pair could be arrested. With the help of her testimonies body could also be found and the couple prosecuted for murder – and they are judged now then to 18 years in prison, which is the longest timed penalty for murder, although both are unpunished in the past and the man was only just turned 21 when murder was committed.

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