77-year-old woman in Kalix exposed to aggravated theft - three people are charged

It is just before 1 pm on August 18 when a dark blue car pulls up to a house in a village in Kalix municipality. A 77-year-old woman is out donating in the garden when three people make themselves known from the car. They take out gold necklaces and money and speak in another language.

- As soon as I approached the car, these three started screaming, I didn't understand anything. They just shouted at each other, says the plaintiff woman, who is very upset when she recounts the incident in court.

"I have been deceived"

One of them puts a gold-colored necklace on the woman - at the same time, the real gold necklace, which was already around the woman's neck, is unbuttoned.

- I see that I have been deceived, then it was as if my sanity returned and I thought that they should not escape, says the 77-year-old.

When the trio tries to leave the farm, the woman holds on to the car.

- I hung from the window and I screamed, I really screamed.

The 77-year-old says that she is dragged behind the car for a while and before she is forced to let go, they throw her necklace on the ground. She memorizes parts of the registration number and calls the police.

- Her actions and her sharpness at this moment have been absolutely decisive for the continued police investigation, says assistant prosecutor Julia Sjöberg.

60 thousand in cash

The police were able to stop the car at Börjeslandet a while later. In it you will find, among other things, several gold-colored necklaces and approximately SEK 60,000 in cash.

- It is a question of foreign denominations such as euros and pounds, also some Norwegian and Danish kroner. I have requested that it be confiscated as I believe they have not entered legally, says Sjöberg.

Now the trio, two men and a woman, are charged with grand theft and preparation for fraud. When phones were reviewed, suspicion of child pornography offenses also arose against one of the men.

The prosecutor has requested deportation for all three suspects who deny the crimes but admit certain parts of the sequence of events.

- She admits that she hung the gold necklace, which happened by mistake, says Andreas Sakko, who represents the suspected woman.