The prosecutor is seeking life sentences for both the 20- and 18-year-old for Tove’s murder – he announced this in his closing argument during the last day of the trial. But Leif GW Persson is critical of that announcement. – The distribution of the burden of guilt differs very sharply between the two defendants, he says in Nyhetsmorgon. When the trial ended on Thursday, the prosecutor claimed that the two accused women committed the murder of Tove intentionally and in concert. The prosecutor wants to see a life sentence for the 20-year-old woman who is accused of murder and grave breach of privacy – and believes that the 18-year-old co-accused woman should be sentenced to 18 years in prison or life for the same crime. But the stories about how Tove died have diverged. According to the 20-year-old, the 18-year-old woman held Tove’s hands during the fight in the apartment. But the 18-year-old herself claims that she was asleep when the death occurred. And Leif GW Persson is critical of the prosecutor’s claims. He believes that there is a high probability that the charges will be dropped because there is little to prove that the 18-year-old, beyond reasonable doubt, acted as the 20-year-old says. -What is there that speaks for one or the other’s version? Yes, the little that exists speaks volumes for the 18-year-old telling the truth, says Persson. The criminologist, who was also present during the trial at Eksjö District Court, believes that although the investigation itself is robust and carefully conducted, there are parts of it that can be criticized. – People have alternately threatened and alternately promised them things, and those promises were not included in the prosecutor’s request in any case, because he wants the maximum sentence for both. But the big flaw in the whole thing is the final distribution of the debt burden, and there I mean that there is a very sharp difference between the two defendants, says Persson. Hear GW’s analysis in the player above.
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GW critical of the prosecutor’s offer: “The 18-year-old is probably telling the truth”
