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CRIME

Man jailed for 15 years for killing his mother

A 44-year-old man was sentenced to prison on Monday for killing his mother and hiding her body under the deck of a house in southern Sweden.

The Kalmar District Court found the 44-year-old guilty of murder and disturbing the peace of the dead (brott mot griftefrid).

The man had initially denied the crime, but confessed during the trial. By the end of the hearing, however, he had denied the crime again.

The woman’s body was found last summer under the deck of a house in Nybro, southern Sweden. The son admitted to burying the woman, but claimed that someone else had murdered her.

The verdict was initially scheduled for late March, however the discovery of the convicted killer’s laptop meant a postponement to the case.

The computer was discovered with traces of blood, and a hard drive containing search history detailing scores of hits on websites pertaining to murder.

There were 67 pages viewed about penalties for murder, forensic investigations, homicide during psychosis, and choices of forensic institution.

The man was not found to suffer from any serious psychiatric disorder.

The court ordered the man pay 50,000 kronor ($7,785) in damages to his younger sister, as well as 25,000 kronor to the woman’s widower.

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LANDSLIDE

Swedish authorities: Worker negligence behind motorway landslide

Swedish authorities said on Thursday that worker negligence at a construction site was believed to be behind a landslide that tore apart a motorway in western Sweden in September.

Swedish authorities: Worker negligence behind motorway landslide

The landslide, which struck the E6 highway in Stenungsund, 50 kilometres north of Sweden’s second-largest city Gothenburg, ripped up a petrol station car park, overturned lorries and caved in the roof of a fast food restaurant.

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Prosecutor Daniel Veivo Pettersson said on Thursday he believed “human factors” were behind the landslide as “no natural cause” had been found during the investigation.

He told a press conference the landslide had been triggered by a nearby construction site where too much excavated material had been piled up, putting excessive strain on the ground below. 

“At this stage, we consider it negligent, in this case grossly negligent, to have placed so much excavated material on the site,” Pettersson said.

Pettersson added that three people were suspected of among other things gross negligence and causing bodily harm, adding that the investigation was still ongoing.

The worst-hit area covered around 100 metres by 150 metres, but the landslide affected an area of around 700 metres by 200 metres in total, according to emergency services.

Three people were taken to hospital with minor injuries after the collapse, according to authorities.

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