The Court of Appeal acquits brothers of serious assault - sentence reduced to 12 years

Two people suffered life-threatening injuries and a third was stabbed in the shoulder. In the district court, the men, aged 28 and 25, were convicted of attempted murder and serious assault. But the Court of Appeal acquits them of serious assault, then stabbed in the shoulder as an emergency measure.

The sentence is therefore reduced from 15 to 12 years in prison. Nor should they pay compensation to the man who was stabbed in the shoulder.

The deportation of the older brother is upheld and the brothers remain in custody until the prison sentence can be carried out.

Drug deal that went off the rails

The knife attack took place outdoors at 6pm in the evening in a residential area just outside central Kalmar. According to the indictment, the perpetrators had arranged a meeting with three men to buy cocaine, and when they tried to pay for the drugs with an envelope empty of money, a fight broke out between the two groups.

The three men who sold drugs then allegedly produced a dummy gun to threaten the two men, who then attacked with multiple stab wounds to the upper body.