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 Swedish appeals court has upheld a guilty verdict for Nerijus Bilevicius, who faces life in prison for killing a 17-year-old girl in a high-profile murder in western Sweden last summer. https://www.thelocal.se/20160208/swedish-teens-killer-loses-appeal-in-court Mon, 08 Feb 2016 16:08:11 +0100 swedish-teens-killer-loses-appeal-in-court A new sports club which listed murdered Swedish women on its flyers and suggested that the victims might have survived if they'd learned karate skills is facing a backlash. https://www.thelocal.se/20160113/karate-club-kicked-for-murder-victim-advertising Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:54:41 +0100 karate-club-kicked-for-murder-victim-advertising Inger Rönnbäck, the lawyer of Nerijus Bilevicius, the man convicted of murdering 17-year-old Lisa Holm, has told the regional Skövde Nyheter newspaper that her client is adamant he is innocent of the murder and will appeal. https://www.thelocal.se/20151205/lisa-holms-killer-to-appeal Sat, 05 Dec 2015 19:13:23 +0100 lisa-holms-killer-to-appeal UPDATE: A 35-year-old Lithuanian man has been found guilty of murdering Swedish teenager Lisa Holm, whose disappearance sparked one of Sweden's largest missing person searches. https://www.thelocal.se/20151117/swedish-court-to-rule-in-lisa-holm-murder-trial Tue, 17 Nov 2015 11:32:15 +0100 swedish-court-to-rule-in-lisa-holm-murder-trial The trial of a man accused of killing a teenager whose disappearance sparked one of Sweden's largest missing person searches has started. A 35-year-old man is alleged to have hung the girl in a barn. https://www.thelocal.se/20151028/lisa-holms-family-seek-answers-at-trial Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:05:26 +0100 lisa-holms-family-seek-answers-at-trial The prosecutor in charge of the probe into the high-profile killing of Swedish teenager Lisa Holm said on Monday that the wife and brother of the main suspect were no longer under investigation. https://www.thelocal.se/20151005/pair-avoid-charges-over-swedish-teens-murder Mon, 05 Oct 2015 19:16:00 +0200 pair-avoid-charges-over-swedish-teens-murder Two people suspected of being involved in the high-profile killing of a missing Swedish teenager this summer are unlikely to face charges, one of the prosecutors for the case has said. https://www.thelocal.se/20150925/pair-unlikely-to-face-charges-for-teens-murder Fri, 25 Sep 2015 18:57:00 +0200 pair-unlikely-to-face-charges-for-teens-murder An autopsy has confirmed how teenager Lisa Holm was killed, prosecutors have said. But they have remained tight-lipped about their investigation, which follows one of the largest missing person hunts in Swedish history. https://www.thelocal.se/20150824/prosecutors-quiet-about-lisa-holm-death-cause Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:36:13 +0200 prosecutors-quiet-about-lisa-holm-death-cause UPDATED: A Swedish court has ordered a 35-year-old arrested on suspicion of murdering 17-year-old Lisa Holm to remain in custody after a hearing on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150727/new-evidence-may-shed-light-on-tragic-murder Mon, 27 Jul 2015 17:21:51 +0200 new-evidence-may-shed-light-on-tragic-murder Police have confirmed that they have found the moped helmet that belonged to Lisa Holm, the 17-year-old who disappeared on June 7th and whose body was found a week later. https://www.thelocal.se/20150719/police-find-teen-murder-victims-helmet Sun, 19 Jul 2015 13:15:14 +0200 police-find-teen-murder-victims-helmet UPDATED: Family, friends and community members have attended the funeral of Swedish schoolgirl Lisa Holm, who was found dead after disappearing a month ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20150706/sweden-to-pay-tribute-to-murdered-schoolgirl Mon, 06 Jul 2015 19:33:38 +0200 sweden-to-pay-tribute-to-murdered-schoolgirl UPDATED: The two brothers accused of killing missing teenager Lisa Holm are set to remain in police custody, an appeals court in Jönköping in central Sweden ordered on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150623/lisa-holm-suspect-to-remain-in-custody Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:22:04 +0200 lisa-holm-suspect-to-remain-in-custody UPDATE: Three people linked to the murder of missing cafe worker Lisa Holm in central Sweden face at least another week in custody after a court hearing on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150616/murdered-teen-trio-under-stronger-suspicion Tue, 16 Jun 2015 13:23:00 +0200 murdered-teen-trio-under-stronger-suspicion Two suspects, believed to be brothers, are being questioned over the murder of Swedish teenager Lisa Holm as police search a new area close to where her body was found. https://www.thelocal.se/20150615/memorial-for-murdered-teenager-lisa-holm Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:03:00 +0200 memorial-for-murdered-teenager-lisa-holm Three suspects detained in connection with the murder of 17-year-old Lisa Holm who was found dead on Saturday were still being questioned on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150614/suspects-grilled-over-swede-teen-murder Sun, 14 Jun 2015 13:26:18 +0200 suspects-grilled-over-swede-teen-murder UPDATED: Three people - one woman and two men - were taken in for questioning on Friday evening. They were escorted from a house about 300m from the café where Holm works. https://www.thelocal.se/20150612/100-questioned-over-missing-swedish-teen Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:52:24 +0200 100-questioned-over-missing-swedish-teen UPDATED: Volunteers searching for missing 17-year-old Lisa Holm in central Sweden have made an important new discovery, police say. The hunt is the biggest event of its kind organized by the Missing People charity. https://www.thelocal.se/20150611/hundreds-join-search-for-missing-teenage-girl Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:07:51 +0200 hundreds-join-search-for-missing-teenage-girl UPDATED: Police have have stepped up their search for a missing 17-year-old girl who disappeared on Sunday evening in Kinnekulle, western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20150610/police-continue-search-for-missing-teenager Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:58:45 +0200 police-continue-search-for-missing-teenager