Five individuals, including four men and one woman, were sentenced by the Örebro district court to prison terms ranging from one year to a maximum of three years and six months. The men were found guilty of committing aggravated sabotage against blue light operations, while the woman was convicted of aiding and abetting aggravated sabotage against blue light operations.
The verdict stated that all individuals were involved in throwing stones at the police and police buses. One of the men was also found guilty of violence against an official for hitting a police officer with a hockey stick.
Two of the accused individuals had their sentences postponed while one case required a forensic psychiatric investigation. For the second defendant, further investigations were needed to determine whether the person was 15 years old at the time of the crime.
This verdict follows last week’s high-profile case in the Supreme Court (HD), where two previously convicted men were given reduced sentences for their involvement in the Easter riots. The case was the first trial of its kind regarding gross sabotage against blue light operations.
The HD justified the decision to reduce the sentences by stating that the men should only be held responsible for their individual actions during the riots, not for the entire context. The case had immediate consequences as one of the defendants was released before the verdict was delivered.
Örebro district court sentences four men and one woman to prison for anything from one year to a maximum of three years and six months. While the men are sentenced for the crime of aggravated sabotage against blue light operations, the woman is sentenced for aiding and abetting aggravated sabotage against blue light operations.
According to the verdict, all of them must, among other things, have been involved in throwing stones at the police and police buses. One of the men is also convicted of violence against an official for hitting a surrounded police officer with a hockey stick with full force.
A total of seven people were accused in the case, but two of them have their sentence postponed.
In one case, the district court has decided that a forensic psychiatric investigation must first be carried out. Regarding the second defendant, according to the prosecutor, further investigations are needed to ensure whether the person was 15 years old at the time of the crime.
Monday’s sentence comes in light of last week’s high-profile verdict in the Supreme Court (HD), which chose to reduce the sentences of two men previously convicted of involvement in the Easter riots.
The case, which was the first to be tried regarding gross sabotage against blue light operations, had immediate consequences when one of the defendants was released before Monday’s verdict.
In the guiding judgment, HD admittedly followed the Court of Appeal’s line that the acts involved gross blue light sabotage. However, the prison sentences were reduced from five years and five years and six months to three years and three years and three months respectively.
HD justified the decision with the fact that the men should only be sentenced for actions connected to their own actions during the riots, not be held responsible for the entire context.