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 It is probably Sweden's worst miscarriage of justice. On Monday, officials decided that Thomas Quick will continue to receive mental treatment but with less restrictions. The Local contributor David Lindén explains how a self-confessed serial killer went on to be cleared of all eight murders. https://www.thelocal.se/20131216/thomas-quick-the-anatomy-of-a-swedish-scandal-justice-murder-cannibalism Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:14:00 +0100 thomas-quick-the-anatomy-of-a-swedish-scandal-justice-murder-cannibalism Sweden's justice minister has asked her Norwegian counterpart for assistance in getting to the bottom of how now-cleared Swedish "serial killer" Thomas Quick was tied to several murders. https://www.thelocal.se/20130815/49654 Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:17:00 +0200 49654 The families of murder victims originally thought to have been killed by sentenced serial killer Thomas Quick are now demanding an independent investigation of the justice scandal surrounding Quick, who has been acquitted of several murders. https://www.thelocal.se/20120805/42438 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 14:22:00 +0200 42438 Convicted serial killer Thomas Quick, who recently retracted confessions for eight murders, has formally petitioned the Court of Appeal for a retrial over the murder of an 11-year-old boy in 2001. https://www.thelocal.se/20110908/36030 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:08:00 +0200 36030 A Swedish man, long considered to be the most dangerous serial killer in Scandinavia, was acquitted on Friday of the 1988 murder of a nine-year-old Norwegian girl. https://www.thelocal.se/20110611/34294 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 13:25:00 +0200 34294 Convicted serial killer Thomas Quick, who recently retracted confessions for eight murders, has formally petitioned the Svea Court of Appeal for a retrial in two further murder cases. https://www.thelocal.se/20110411/33148 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:49:00 +0200 33148 A Swedish prosecutor has dropped the case against Thomas Quick related to the murder of nine-year-old Therese Johannessen in Norway in 1988. https://www.thelocal.se/20110329/32876 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:54:00 +0200 32876 A 21-year-old woman charged with killing her father told investigators in Sweden that some of the evidence against her can be attributed to her love of the US television series 'Dexter', which portrays a closeted serial killer. https://www.thelocal.se/20110224/32252 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:58:00 +0100 32252 The 38-year-old suspected Malmö serial shooter had been ordered to remain in custody as suspicions against him widened to three murders and 10 attempted murders. https://www.thelocal.se/20101221/30996 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:18:00 +0100 30996 Peter Mangs, who is believed to be behind a string of shootings in Malmö in southern Sweden, is now suspected of two additional murders from 2003 and five more attempted murders dating back to 2006, a prosecutor revealed to news agency TT on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20101220/30972 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 17:36:00 +0100 30972 The Swedish appeals court on Friday overturned a decision to convict serial killer Thomas Quick for the murder of nine-year-old Therese Johannessen in Norway in 1988. https://www.thelocal.se/20100924/29232 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:40:00 +0200 29232 Convicted serial killer Thomas Quick, who recently retracted confessions for eight murders, has formally petitioned the Svea Court of Appeal for a retrial in the case of the murder of nine-year-old Norwegian girl Therese Johannessen. https://www.thelocal.se/20100420/26182 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:41:00 +0200 26182 Claes Borgström, the lawyer who represented convicted serial killer Thomas Quick, has been told there will be no investigation into his conduct after reporting himself to the Swedish Bar Association (Advokatsamfundet). https://www.thelocal.se/20100414/26062 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:15:00 +0200 26062 A forensic examination has shown that charred bones used as evidence against convicted serial killer Thomas Quick were in fact pieces of wood and glue mixed with other synthetic materials. https://www.thelocal.se/20100408/25960 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:56:00 +0200 25960 The mother of nine-year-old Therese Johannessen has described the investigation into her daughter's death as scandalous, as an evidence controversy sheds doubt on the conviction of the Swedish serial murderer Thomas Quick. https://www.thelocal.se/20100319/25628 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:34:00 +0100 25628 Convicted Swedish serial murderer Thomas Quick has been granted a new trial for the 1988 killing of a tourist in Dalarna in central Sweden after he recanted his confessions to several killings. https://www.thelocal.se/20091217/23898 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:51:00 +0100 23898 A 35-year-old man was convicted on Tuesday of murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery and theft. He was given a life sentence. https://www.thelocal.se/20080722/13206 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:38:00 +0200 13206