In total, four men broke in to demand money from the person. The robbers stabbed the man in the head with a machete, hit him in the face with a perfume bottle and pointed a gun or gun-like object at his forehead.
Three men were charged earlier in October, suspected of aggravated robbery. Two of them are now acquitted by the Umeå district court, as there is a lack of technical evidence. The third, a 25-year-old, was sentenced to five years in prison. The reason is that there is both technical evidence linking him to the crime scene. He also admits that he was involved in the robbery.
The 25-year-old must also pay compensation to the victim and to the housing company-