The 19-year-old double murderer who killed his mother and older brother in Luleå suffers from a serious mental disorder.
The trial ended on Monday and now an opinion from the judicial council is awaited before the verdict is handed down.
– He still makes a collected and controlled impression, says criminologist Leif GW Persson.
It was an early morning in March that the 19-year-old attacked his mother with a knife while she was eating breakfast in the family home. When the older brother came to rescue the mother, he too was attacked.
The father, who was also in the home, witnessed parts of the knife violence, called 112 and was forced to watch while his wife and son bled to death. The 19-year-old was arrested at the scene.
– He admitted the murders on the spot quite frankly, says Leif GW Persson.
“Forensic psychiatric care can be short”
The 19-year-old suffers from a serious mental disorder and is said to have done so when he killed his family members. Before the judgment is passed, an opinion must be obtained from the Judicial Council.
– If he had been healthy and done this, he would have received a life sentence. But now there is concern that the forensic psychiatric care may be short, says Leif GW Persson.
The prosecutor’s concern
According to Leif GW Persson, the defense probably wants the 19-year-old to receive forensic psychiatric care, while the prosecutor may feel a concern and therefore called in the legal council for medical expertise.
– The court often follows the advice and it is very rare to go against it.
He believes that there must have been chaos in the 19-year-old’s head at the time when the double murder took place, but that he still gave a collective impression when he was arrested.
– However, I am sure that they will approve this first statement, says Leif GW Persson.