Crime. the 68-year-old man has been charged with the shooting death two brothers in Vallåkra outside Helsingborg sentenced to four years in prison for manslaughter. But neither the defense nor prosecutors are satisfied with the verdict, which most likely will be appealed.
– The verdict is very well reasoned out to the point where you do not accept 68-year-old opposition of excessive force, says lawyer Lars Kruse to TT, who believes that his client is completely should be acquitted, and is now looking to appeal the ruling.
According to the district court judgment is a man in self-defense situation. But if the victim uses more than usual violence to defend himself, he can still go free if it is about so-called excessive force. A situation where the victim simply lost composure because of shock or panic and have trouble come to their senses.
In the current case, the two brothers, the District Court, wrongfully been on man’s land and were armed with metal pipes and knife. They also pronounced death threats against 68-year-old.
“It has been the district court’s assumption that 68-year-old was very scared during the entire event, which he had reason to be. The course of events has not been so fast that there was little time for reflection. Since there has been no direct confrontation situation, the threat of attackers not been so acute. the man’s actions, despite the fear has been controlled and deliberate. the court therefore concluded that there has been no excessive force, “said the alderman Karoline Fridolf, in a press release.
Will lightly
the prosecution is satisfied that the man convicted of intentionally have brought the life of the two brothers.
– Sure, there has been a self-defense situation, but he used a form of violence that is evident oförsvaligt at the time, said deputy chief prosecutor Thomas Elofsson, who jumps into for both holiday vacant prosecutors in the case.
But punishment rebate linked to, among other things 68-year-old age he considers to be generous.
– the minimum penalty for a case of homicide is six years in prison, and here it is about two cases. Spontaneously, I think we have done a far too large deductions, the punishment should have been longer, says Elofsson.
Dramatic evening
The two brothers, 21 and 24 years old, had for some time been at feud with the man, and on that evening made it to the 68-year-old’s home and threatened him. As they approached the man’s house in Vallåkra outside Helsingborg and smashed a window in the entrance door he drew his gun.
– I shoot, one right and one left, said 68 -year-old in the district court proceedings.
Two shots were fired through the window in the door and found the brothers who died within a few minutes. In questioning the older man told him that he had been assured that the brothers could get into the house and beat him to death.
FACTS
This has happened
Late night October 14 last year, was shot two brothers, 21 and 24 years of age, death of a 68-year-old man outside Helsingborg. Police and prosecutors have come to the conclusion that he was a victim of a criminal attack in their home.
After the previous conflict in autumn 2014 between the brothers and the man they had for three months contact ban. This post notifications about the broken window at his home, and that one of them should have shoved and threatened him.
A police officer has testified that 68-year-old felt great fear for the brothers when they took up the notification of vandalism in 2014.
According to the defense lawyer, 68-year-old a friendship with the brothers’ mother, which they should have rejected.
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