In October 2020, a man was shot dead at a bus stop in Märsta – in the middle of the day and in front of witnesses – by a lone perpetrator on an electric scooter. None of the witnesses had seen the killer’s face and after the crime the perpetrator quickly disappeared from the scene.
A few months later, a 25-year-old suspect was arrested. And the big question for the courts has been what requirements can be placed on circumstantial evidence in order for it to be sufficient for a conviction.
– There is no direct identification or any surveillance image that shows that it is him or any conclusive DNA. But you have a lot of troubling circumstances that, taken together, strongly suggest that it is him, says Leif GW Persson.
In the district court, the 25-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder, but in the appeals court he was acquitted. But now the Supreme Court has ruled that the 25-year-old is guilty.
– It is a tricky story, states Persson.
Hear GW’s analysis in the player above.