full screen A man in his 50s is sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. Archive image. Photo: Robin Bäckman/TT
A man in his 50s is sentenced to life in prison for murder after stabbing his neighbor to death in an apartment in Västerås, local media reports.
The murder occurred in March this year and according to the verdict, the man stabbed his neighbor hundreds of times in the neck, throat and upper body. In total, it is about 250 cuts.
– The court states that it is a serious crime, and it is a very reckless crime where the plaintiff felt both pain and fear of death, says prosecutor Jessica Wenna to SVT Nyheter Västmanland.
In the judgment, the court also writes that the crime was characterized by planning and that it is beyond reasonable doubt that it was an act of impulse.