Court of Appeal changes verdict after fatal shooting in Årby

It was in August 2024 that a man was shot to death in Årby. The following day, a man was shot and wounded in Lagersberg. Almost two years after the shootings, the district court's verdict came, where several people were convicted of involvement in the crime.

Two men, both around 50 years old and from West Sweden, were convicted of having carried out the shootings together. One of them was sentenced to life in prison - the other to 16 years in prison. In addition, two people were convicted of aiding and abetting murder.

According to the district court, it must have been contract murder.

Court of Appeal: Reduced sentence and deportation

The verdict was appealed and now the Svea Court of Appeal has announced its decision. The Court of Appeal changes the verdict on several points - the two men from West Sweden are both convicted of, among other things, murder, but the court lowers the sentence for one of them from 16 years in prison to 15 years and ten months. The court believes that the sentence should be reduced because he has already been in custody for about a year.

At the same time, it is decided that the other man should continue to be sentenced to life imprisonment, but also that he should be deported from Sweden.

TV profile cleared of crime

Both men who were convicted of aiding and abetting by the district court are completely acquitted. One of them, a man in his 30s from Västmanland, is already known from several television productions.