Man and woman get life for murder in Södertälje

On the evening of October 24, 2025, the police were called to Fornhöjden in Södertälje when witnesses heard gunshots.

It turned out to be a car with three people that had been shot at. An 18-year-old died from gunshot wounds, a 20-year-old suffered fractures and nerve damage, and the third person escaped without injury.

Two people – a 30-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman – were arrested shortly after the shooting and charged this year with murder.

On Friday, they were both convicted of attempted murder, aggravated weapons offense and murder. The penalty is life imprisonment. According to the court, the crime was preceded by careful planning over several days.

"The murder has almost had the character of pure execution and was aimed at a person without the opportunity to defend himself," the verdict states.

A few months before the murder, in April, the woman had been sentenced to three years in prison for serious drug offences. According to a decision from the Correctional Service, she would have started serving her sentence the day before the murder in Södertälje.

The district court assesses, like the prosecutor, that the fatal shooting in Södertälje took place in a network criminal context.

According to the court, a chat compilation shows that the man and woman actively sought assignments in the criminal environment. The district court writes that "in the chats it is already mentioned on October 18 that it is about Japanese jobs". What was discussed in the chats is undoubtedly considered to have been about killing.

The district court also assesses that the motive was financial.

The man's defense lawyer Alexander Berg says they will appeal the verdict.

- We are of course very disappointed. We had hoped for an acquittal on the murder charge. I think we have punched through a great many of the prosecutor's arguments, he says.

The woman's lawyer, Rebecka Lewis, says they also intend to appeal the verdict.

- The district court has made an incorrect assessment. My client has lacked intent and insight that someone would be killed. Nor has she handled any weapon, says Lewis.