The so-called Nytorgsmann was released after serving two-thirds of a five-year prison sentence for a series of sexual crimes – despite the high risk of recidivism.
Now the lawyer and former prosecutor, Johanna Björkman, believes that a change in the law is close.
– It’s just around the corner, it’s not far away, she says.
The 37-year-old so-called Nytorgsmannen, Andreas Holm, was paroled this spring. Although the correctional service assessed the risk of recidivism as high, he was released after serving just under two and a half years of his five-year prison sentence.
Now he is suspected of rape again. He was arrested on Tuesday in Hörby, according to TV4 Nyhetern’s information. The girl has been placed in an HVB home in Skåne and the incident is said to have occurred three weeks ago in Hörby, where he lives.
“Is it possible to postpone parole”
– That’s the rule that applies to everyone. The normal thing is that you have to serve two-thirds and that you are then paroled. But there is a possibility to postpone the parole, says Johanna Björkman, lawyer and former prosecutor.
Björkman says that you then look back at this individual’s time in prison, if you misbehaved.
– That is what you sit with when you grant that person to be released, she says and continues.
– Then you go through and make a plan. The idea and thought behind this is about rehabilitating and re-establishing a person in society after serving a sentence. If you do not go through with this, there is a reason to postpone the conditional release.
During his time in prison, he was reported for suspected misconduct on 30 occasions and was given warnings in eight of the cases. He has also refused treatment.
Change in Sweden near: Not far away
In Norway and Denmark, there is something called “custody” and it is a fixed-term punishment, where you simply look at the risk to this person in general out in society, says Johanna Björkman.
– There is an investigation that has been presented here in Sweden, which is out for referral now. It is about reviewing the conditional release but also introducing something that is a security penalty. There, you have the same thinking about whether this person is actually a risk to society.
And a change is not far away, according to Björkman.
– This is a very politically charged question. But it’s just around the corner, it’s not far away.