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Two men are sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 19-year-old man outside Enköping in the summer of 2021, Svea Court of Appeal announces.
The men, a 20-year-old and a 33-year-old, were sentenced in the district court to six and twelve years in prison, respectively, for aiding and abetting murder. This since the district court could not determine which of them fired the fatal shot.
The verdict was appealed by the prosecutor who wanted to see both men convicted of murder. The Svea Court of Appeal now follows the same line and sentences the men to life imprisonment for murder. The older of them is sentenced, as in the district court, to deportation.
It was in August 2021 that the victim, a 19-year-old man, was found shot to death in a field outside Enköping.
The men have blamed each other in questioning. However, the Court of Appeal considers, like the prosecutor, that both contributed in such an active way to the deed that they are to be considered perpetrators, even if it is not possible to prove who fired the fatal shot.
“It is thus proven that NN and NN, jointly and in agreement, have intentionally taken NN’s life in the manner stated in the description of the crime,” writes the Court of Appeal in the judgment.
The prosecutor had asked for prison terms of nine and sixteen years, respectively. Partly because they provided important information for the investigation, partly because one of the men was only 18 when the murder took place. However, the Court of Appeal considers that the murder, which “had the character of a pure execution”, was particularly reckless.
Two men were acquitted in the district court of involvement in the murders, including a 35-year-old man who was charged with incitement. All have consistently denied any wrongdoing.