Lawyer of the Nazi judgment: “A disappointment” – Swedish Dagbladet

Andreas Karlsson, one of the two defendants, the trial in Malmo. Photo: Björn Lindgren / TT

Word has stood the words after the high-profile event in Malmo night after International Women’s Day 2014.

the two factions were at Möllevångstorget for different reasons – the activists after taking part in today’s demonstrations, and a group of men with extreme right-wing views to see a martial arts match.

after the bloody confrontation was several activists injured , two with life-threatening injuries. One of them was the MFF profile, and anti-racist Showan Shattak. The next time showed thousands of protesters seating for the victims under the slogans “Fight Showan” and “Fight Malmo.”

The police investigation slowly. One of the suspects was 32-year-old Andreas Karlsson, who had previously been involved in the Nazi Party of the Swedes. After a short police questioning 32-year-old fled the country and was extradited by the police in Ukraine only earlier this year. Before his arrest, he had eluded police on social media.

Malmö District Court sentenced on Friday Andreas Karlsson to three years in prison for aggravated assault against both Showan Shattaks then girlfriend and the MFF profile’s friend. The prosecutor said that the attack on his friend should be seen as attempted murder, but the court does not consider it proven that the Nazi was indifferent to man could die because of the attack.

Also a 29 year old from Andreas Karlsson’s company was charged with aggravated assault and attempted murder of Showan Shattak. Court frees man with reference to the sequence of events is not entirely clear and that it is not certain that it was the 29-year-old who conducted the severe beating.

Jesper Montan, counsel for Showan Shattak says that the judgment is disappointment.

– I’ve talked card with Showan and it is clear that this was a disappointment. It has been a long journey with a dull end. Now we’ll see what happens. It is not impossible that the judgment appealed against, he said.

The prosecutor Sofia Eilertsson Olsson has not been reachable after the verdict, but her colleague, deputy chief prosecutor Jenny Lindell says that the outcome is probably influenced by the long time that has passed since the events of 2014.

– It had enough have been better if the hearing had taken place at an earlier stage. As time goes disappear testimonies importance, she says.

Andreas Karlsson refused to talk during police questioning, but said during the trial that he had on the night was attacked and that he used his knife in self-defense. 29-year-old said he did not remember that he had been in a fight.

Theodor Nordenadler, Andreas Karlsson’s lawyer, says he can not comment on the judgment because he has not yet spoken to his client.

During the trial manifested Scania network against racism in support of the plaintiffs. The organization published before judgment a press release in which they criticized the legal system’s handling of the attack.

“The fight is for us is not about the number of years and months that individual Nazis must spend behind closed doors, without the right to move freely on our streets, “writes Scania racism in its press release.