Mental disorder at the time of the murder of Lisbeth

A 29-year-old woman attacked 78-year-old Lisbeth in Uppsala unprovoked last year. She was beaten so badly that she later died from her injuries. But Lisbeth’s killer will not go to jail if she is convicted.

“Severe mental disorder”

The forensic psychiatric examination states that she committed the acts in question under the influence of a “serious mental disorder” – something she still suffers from at the time of the examination.

In the statement from the investigation, it appears that the woman has the medical conditions to hand her over to forensic psychiatric care, as there is a risk that she will commit “new serious crimes” due to her mental disorder.

Witnesses have stated in questioning that the woman was not able to get in touch with after the murder.

“She doesn’t answer but shows a ‘wicked sneer’,” said a person who appeared at the scene shortly after the attack.

Committed several violent crimes

A police officer stated during questioning that she babbled in English in time to the music she was playing.

“None of what she expressed could be interpreted in any meaningful way”.

The police also say that she was perceived as “unpleasant and erratic”.

In the forensic psychiatric report, it is stated that the overall assessment even then was that a serious mental disorder could be suspected and that reasons for a forensic psychiatric examination were deemed to exist.

The woman has previously committed several violent crimes. She has, among other things, attacked people at a subway station and injured healthcare staff at the psychiatric facility where she was temporarily cared for.

At the time of the murder, she was to be taken to psychiatry, where she had previously had several contacts over the years.

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