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 court has ruled that Sture Bergwall, who was cleared of murder a year ago after over 20 years locked up as Sweden's most prolific serial killer, is no longer obliged to undergo assisted psychiatric treatment. https://www.thelocal.se/20150416/court-frees-cleared-serial-killer-from-psychiatric-care Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:04:00 +0200 court-frees-cleared-serial-killer-from-psychiatric-care The chief medical officer at Sweden's high-security mental hospital Säter has recommended that former mass murder convict Sture Bergwall be offered eased restrictions. https://www.thelocal.se/20140114/psychiatrists-greenlight-ex-mass-murderers-transfer Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:54:00 +0100 psychiatrists-greenlight-ex-mass-murderers-transfer Swedish Supreme Court judge Göran Lambertz is moving to a new role following a week in which he came in for heavy criticism over his handling of a case of once self-confessed cannibal Thomas Quick. https://www.thelocal.se/20131201/top-judge-moves-aside-after-quick-scandal Sun, 01 Dec 2013 10:29:00 +0100 top-judge-moves-aside-after-quick-scandal Swedish Supreme Court judge Göran Lambertz is facing calls for his resignation over his stance in an ongoing debate about mismanagement in the case of once self-professed cannibal Thomas Quick, who has been acquitted of eight murders. https://www.thelocal.se/20131129/top-judge-slammed-over-cannibal-case-thomas-quick-sture-bergwall-goran-lambertz Fri, 29 Nov 2013 08:18:00 +0100 top-judge-slammed-over-cannibal-case-thomas-quick-sture-bergwall-goran-lambertz Sweden's justice minister has appointed the head of the Thomas Quick inquiry to find out how the country's justice system convicted a man for eight murders before overturning each and every guilty verdict. The once self-professed cannibal is now fighting for his release. https://www.thelocal.se/20131127/inquiry-head-for-overturned-cannibal-case-appointed-murder-thomas-quick-sture-bergwall Wed, 27 Nov 2013 13:29:00 +0100 inquiry-head-for-overturned-cannibal-case-appointed-murder-thomas-quick-sture-bergwall The mental health of cleared cannibal serial killer Sture Bergwall will be reassessed, following his acquittal of eight gruesome murders. https://www.thelocal.se/20131023/50962 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 16:11:00 +0200 50962 Sture Bergwall, better known as self-confessed serial killer Thomas Quick who was acquitted after retracting all his confessions, said he is hopeful he will be released from psychiatric care following a hearing held on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20131021/50916 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:03:00 +0200 50916 Sture Bergwall, known as self-confessed serial killer Thomas Quick who retracted all his confessions, will not be let out of psychiatric care. Bergwall dubbed the decision "Soviet" in its "disregard for justice". https://www.thelocal.se/20130822/49780 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:06:00 +0200 49780 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 Sweden's justice minister has ordered a structural review to find out how the judiciary first felled then cleared "serial killer" Thomas Quick of eight murders, in the landmark legal case which took a final twist on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130731/49372 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:12:00 +0200 49372 Swedish prosecutors have discarded the eighth and final murder charge against the self-confessed serial killer and cannibal Thomas Quick, who in 2008 recanted his alleged participation in a series of brutal killings. https://www.thelocal.se/20130731/49360 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:39:00 +0200 49360 Sture Bergwall, better known as self-confessed serial killer Thomas Quick, took to his blog on Wednesday from the inside of his psychiatric detention to comment on being cleared of an eighth and final murder charge. https://www.thelocal.se/20130731/49362 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:14:00 +0200 49362 Sweden's most high-profile legal drama, centred around the convicted serial murderer Thomas Quick, nears its close Wednesday as prosecutors rule whether to drop the eighth and final murder charge against the self-confessed cannibal. https://www.thelocal.se/20130730/49348 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:11:00 +0200 49348 A Swedish man originally convicted of eight murders saw two more of the killings wiped from his record when the prosecutor's office announced Tuesday it was dropping charges in a retrial. https://www.thelocal.se/20130522/48054 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:33:00 +0200 48054 A court in northern Sweden has granted Thomas Quick, who had previously been found guilty of eight murders, a retrial for the last three killings for which he had been convicted. https://www.thelocal.se/20130201/45956 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:27:00 +0100 45956 Thomas Quick, who had at one time been convicted of eight murders, has been acquitted in the killings of two Norwegian women, Trine Jensen and Gry Storvik, in Oslo in the 1980s. https://www.thelocal.se/20120924/43418 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:50:00 +0200 43418 Supreme Court Justice Göran Lambertz has been slammed for taking a personal stance in the debate about alleged mismanagement of the case of convicted serial killer Thomas Quick, who has since been acquitted of several murders. https://www.thelocal.se/20120920/43348 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:48:00 +0200 43348 The Social Democrats want the government to appoint an independent commission to review the controversial case of convicted serial killer Thomas Quick, who has since been acquitted of several murders. https://www.thelocal.se/20120820/42726 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:04:00 +0200 42726 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