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 man from Umeå in northern Sweden has been charged with aggravated assault and manslaughter after the death of 28-year-old German woman during a violent S&M sex game. https://www.thelocal.se/20130126/45834 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:29:00 +0100 45834 The Svea Court of Appeal (Hovrätten) on Wednesday acquitted a 33-year-old man charged with assault after violent sex with a teenager, in a case testing the limits of sexual violence permitted in Sweden between consenting partners. https://www.thelocal.se/20110921/36280 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:00:00 +0200 36280 A 31-year-old man recently convicted of stabbing a man to death used a smuggled mobile phone to send more than 10,000 text messages from inside his cell in a Swedish jail. https://www.thelocal.se/20110505/33598 Thu, 05 May 2011 15:27:00 +0200 33598 A 32-year-old man was on Tuesday acquitted of assault after having violent sex with a teenager in a landmark case testing how much sexual violence is legally permitted in Sweden between consenting partners. https://www.thelocal.se/20100928/29302 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:34:00 +0200 29302 A Swedish court is to consider the issue of how much sexual violence is legally permitted between two consenting partners in a case involving a 32-year-old man who came into contact with his 16-year-old sex partner via a sex website. https://www.thelocal.se/20100606/27068 Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:19:00 +0200 27068