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Now a 15-year-old girl is charged with strangling her little brother to death.
The family had raised the alarm about the girl for a year – once the 10-year-old boy himself called the police and pleaded for help.
“The girl expresses a strong hatred towards her little brother, that she wishes mother and little brother didn’t exist,” the police describe in a report that DN has seen.
On Saturday 16 July this summer, the police and ambulance were called to a residence in western Stockholm.
A 10-year-old boy was found seriously injured. He was taken to hospital by ambulance helicopter, but the boy’s life could not be saved.
What was first thought to be a case of illness was soon investigated as a crime, after emergency services personnel responded to the child’s injuries.
That same evening, the boy’s 15-year-old older sister was arrested, and four days later she was detained. On July 29, barely two weeks after the incident, the girl was transferred to another form of supervised housing.
The prosecutor: “Was there intent to kill”
Throughout the investigation, she has denied any wrongdoing.
– Her exact attitude will become clear during the main hearing, says the girl’s lawyer Robin Söder.
When charges have now been brought for murder, it is clear how the prosecutor believes it happened. The girl killed the boy by strangling him, according to the prosecutor’s lawsuit.
– I have prosecuted for murder because I believe there was an intent to kill, says District Attorney Josefina Yalo.
Alternatively, the prosecutor claims extremely serious assault and causing the death of another, a serious crime. In addition to having strangled the boy’s neck, the girl must have torn and bit the boy, writes the prosecutor.
The prosecutor’s view is that the siblings were alone when the crime was committed.
Wish mother and little brother weren’t there”
The 15-year-old girl had previously been violent towards her mother and little brother, Aftonbladet has reported. For a year there had been alarms about the girl.
– I have referred to previous police reports, social service investigations, reports of concern and so on. Above all to prove that there was an intention to kill or at least harm, says Josefina Yalo.
The prosecutor also invokes the 15-year-old’s search history on the phone, to prove intent.
DN writes that the police were called to the family’s home on two occasions in February 2022. In connection with this, the police have reported that the girl “expresses a strong hatred towards her little brother, that she wishes mother and little brother were not there.”
The boy called 112 himself
On one occasion, the little brother is said to have been so scared that he himself called 112 and pleaded for help, after the sister had been aggressive towards him, according to Aftonbladet’s information.
– It is quite true that in one of these incident reports it appears that it is the plaintiff who calls in, says prosecutor Josefina Yalo.
The mother also allegedly tried desperately to get help for the daughter, who had previously been placed in a home, according to Aftonbladet’s information.
– Please come, my daughter is crashing the whole apartment. I have called the social services, yesterday, this morning, today. I get no help, she says in an emergency call according to DN.