Gothenburg man admits to killing ex-girlfriend

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman in Gothenburg on Friday night. The man called the police himself to report the murder.

Published: 14 June 2008 11:04 CEST

The man called police early on Saturday morning and turned himself in. Police sent a patrol to the man’s residence in Kortedala in Gothenburg at 5.30am and could confirm that the woman was in fact dead.

It is thought that the man and the murdered woman had previously been a couple.

It is expected that the man will be remanded into custody later on Saturday.

Police are unwilling to divulge further information as to the cause of the woman’s death. Details of the identities of the man and woman are also being withheld for the time being. The man is familiar to police, news agency TT reports.

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Kristersson’s comments followed a report by newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN) that claimed to have found multiple instances of police employees leaking sensitive information about ongoing investigations to criminals.

In some cases, the police employees allegedly were in intimate relationships with gang members to whom they leaked information.

According to DN, which published the report over the weekend, in four cases the leaks – which included information about enemies of the gang member involved in the relationship – preceded revenge attacks, including murders.

At least 30 employees had for different reasons been considered “security risks” and either resigned or were forced to quit, the newspaper reported.

DN said that in several cases, criminals had begun “sexual relations with strategically selected police officers”.

Kristersson on Monday told news agency TT that it was “very concerning information”.

“There are many great risks and one is that trust in police declines, that one gets the idea that mafia-like methods are used to infiltrate law enforcement,” the head of government said.

“It is very serious and we need to address it,” he continued.

Kristersson said that purely based on the initial report he could not say whether it constituted a threat to national security or not.

“But the mere suspicion of these types of connections are damaging,” he told the news agency.

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