https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 21-year-old intern who was charged for 60 counts of molesting children at a pre-school has been put into psychiatric care- https://www.thelocal.se/20140910/day-care-rapist-sent-to-psychiatric-care Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:50:00 +0200 day-care-rapist-sent-to-psychiatric-care Social services have ruled that a day-care intern charged with molesting 14 children in southern Sweden was "seriously mentally disturbed". https://www.thelocal.se/20140821/day-care-rape-suspect-is-mentally-ill Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:59:00 +0200 day-care-rape-suspect-is-mentally-ill The Supreme Court of Sweden (Högsta Domstolen) will not re-open the Högsby honour killing case, the court announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110808/35416 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:56:00 +0200 35416 The parents of the 23-year-old man previously convicted of the murder of 20-year–old Abbas Rezai, are guilty of the crime, according to Göta Court of Appeal, sentencing them both to ten years in prison. https://www.thelocal.se/20110705/34754 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:26:00 +0200 34754 The drama in which family members are telling wildly different stories about the honour killing of 20-year-old Abbas Rezai in Högsby in 2005 continued on Friday in the court of appeals. https://www.thelocal.se/20110617/34426 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:01:00 +0200 34426 The re-trial of the so called Högsby 'honour' killing continued on Thursday with testimony from a friend of the victim who warned the then 20-year-old against visiting his girlfriend's disapproving family. https://www.thelocal.se/20110616/34394 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:27:00 +0200 34394 The re-trial of the so-called Högsby 'honour killing' continued on Wednesday with testimonies from the parents who denied claims by their 23-year-old that they made him take the blame for murdering his sister's boyfriend. https://www.thelocal.se/20110615/34374 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:44:00 +0200 34374 The re-trial of the so-called Högsby 'honour killing' continued on Tuesday with testimony from the 23-year-old son who claims his parents made him take the blame for murdering his sister's boyfriend. https://www.thelocal.se/20110614/34348 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:01:00 +0200 34348 The re-trial of the so-called Högsby 'honour killing' opened in southern Sweden on Monday with the parents of the man previously convicted for brutally stabbing, beating, and scalding the 20-year-old victim to death now also under suspicion. https://www.thelocal.se/20110613/34326 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:34:00 +0200 34326 The brother of a man convicted of a so-called honour killing in Högsby, southern Sweden in 2005, has told social workers more about who actually committed the murder. https://www.thelocal.se/20100713/27768 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:38:00 +0200 27768 An 18-year old man convicted of killing 20-year old Abbas Rezai in an alleged honour killing has had his conviction confirmed. His parents, who were cleared of involvement in the murder at the original trial, were also found not guilty on appeal. https://www.thelocal.se/20060626/4172 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:02:00 +0200 4172 An 18-year old man who admitted killing his sister's Afghan boyfriend in Högsby, southern Sweden, last November, has appealed his conviction for murder. https://www.thelocal.se/20060517/3826 Wed, 17 May 2006 14:24:00 +0200 3826