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Nineteen-year-old charged over manure pit murder

A young man has been charged with the murder of 19-year-old Mikael Andersson, whose body was fished out of a manure pit near Skara in western Sweden in May.

Published: 9 July 2008 18:56 CEST

The suspect, 19, is alleged to have beaten Andersson to death after a party on May 18th. The body was found a week later.

According to the indictment presented on Wednesday at Lidköping District Court, the killer landed blows to the victim’s head and upper body with his fists and an array of weapons.

He is then alleged to have held Andersson down in a garden pond causing him to drown.

The following night the suspect is alleged to have thrown the body into a manure pit on a nearby farm. According to the prosecutor, the perpetrator’s intention was to destroy the body.

A further four people — a 17-year-old girl and four men aged 19 to 26 — have been indicted on charges of harbouring a known criminal. They are also suspected of helping the killer to cover his tracks and dispose of the body.

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Stockholm court fines Greta Thunberg over parliament climate protest

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was handed a fine for disobeying police orders after blocking access to Sweden's parliament during a protest.

Published: 8 May 2024 17:00 CEST
Stockholm court fines Greta Thunberg over parliament climate protest

Police removed Thunberg on March 12th and 14th after she refused to leave the main entrance, where she was protesting with a small group of activists for several days. MPs could still access the building via secondary entrances.

The court said it fined the activist 6,000 Swedish kronor ($551) and ordered her to pay 1,000 kronor in damages and interest.

Thunberg denied the charges of two counts of civil disobedience, according to an AFP journalist at the hearing.

Asked by the judge why she had not obeyed police orders, she replied: “Because there was a (climate) emergency and there still is. And in an emergency, we all have a duty to act.”

“The current laws protect the extractive industries instead of protecting people and the planet, which is what I believe should be the case,” she said as she left the courtroom.

Thunberg has been fined twice before in Sweden, in July and October 2023, for civil disobedience during similar protests.

In February, a London judge dropped charges against her for disturbing the peace during a demonstration against the oil industry in October in the British capital.

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