On Saturday, it became known that a Norwegian man in his 50s is suspected of murder and desecration of a corpse. The background was that the police had found the man’s former partner – a Norwegian woman – dismembered in a freezer on a remote farm in Värmland in Sweden. The man has admitted desecration, but not murder. The Norwegian’s defender Stefan Liliebäck. Photo: Sverre Holm-Nilsen / news The man’s defender Stefan Liliebäck says the Norwegian has given an explanation for how the woman died, but that he cannot comment on this now. Liliebäck told news on Monday that his client has now been transferred to a detention cell. He describes the conditions there as far better than the smooth cell the Norwegian was put in after his arrest on Thursday last week. According to the defender, the initial interrogations have been about the death. – He has been asked about how she died and how she ended up in the freezer. He has answered this in detail, but what he has said I cannot say, says Liliebäck. More judgments The accused man in his 50s has an extensive criminal history, according to a judge news has gained access to. The first judgments were handed down already in the 80s, and concern crime for profit. The most serious sentence was handed down in the early 90s, when the man was in his mid-20s. The man was then sentenced to five years in prison in a case that concerned two cases of rape and an attempted rape. In one case, the victim explained that the Norwegian, now accused of murder, grabbed her on the road and threw her to the ground, after first exposing himself to her. The second rape concerns a woman who explained that the man entered her bedroom and held a pillow to her mouth. The woman, who was known for helping people who had not received enough help from the authorities, was in her 80s when the abuse happened. In the judgment, it is pointed out, among other things, that the defendant was “big and powerful”, and that the aggrieved parties “felt fear of being killed”. In connection with the rape cases, the man was examined by psychiatrists. They concluded that, among other things, he had permanently impaired mental abilities. The court, like the experts, believed that the defendant, because of his condition, would pose a particular risk of repeating similar criminal offences. This was part of the reason why the man was also sentenced to protection. Swedish police in the area where the Norwegian woman was found dismembered. Photo: Sverre Holm-Nilsen / news Mental problems In 2006, the man was convicted of drink-driving. The drive ended with him driving off the road at a bend and into a river. He allegedly tried to run away from the scene, but was arrested without trousers and shirt, with a cut on the head. In 2007, the man had to appear in the district court again. In addition to driving under the influence of drugs, the man was charged with two cases of exposure. In one case, the man allegedly approached a 76-year-old woman on several occasions in her home. In the second case, the victim was a 13-year-old who was on his way to school, alone. It appears from the judgments that the man has had mental problems for periods and has been admitted to a psychiatric ward, also under duress. In connection with the trial in 2006, the man explained that this was the reason for the latest cases of exposure. The man has also received several penalties from Sweden in recent times, but then for driving without a driver’s license or driving under the influence of drugs. news has spoken to a person who went to class with the accused at primary and secondary school in a village in Agder. The person describes the man as “a special guy”, who was quiet and not very social. The man also describes the accused as large and powerful. – What do you think about what he is now charged with? – No, I don’t know what I’m thinking. It’s awful. I know he has been taken for a bit of everything, but not things like that. Not questioned about finances news was able to say yesterday that the family of the deceased woman in 2019 was so worried about her that they went to Sweden. The man, now accused of murder, is said to have said that the woman was out walking the dog. According to Aftonbladet, the man himself must have provided the information that led the police to the horrific discovery in connection with a recent hospital stay. When the police entered the remote farm in Värmland, they found the woman in her 60s dismembered and placed in a freezer. It appears from the verdicts that the man now accused of murder has been on 100 per cent disability benefits for extended periods, with limited income. The police have stated that they are working on a theory that the deceased woman may have been dead since September 2018, i.e. for a full four and a half years. The national register shows that the man and woman accused of murder immigrated from Norway to Sweden in the autumn of 2009. The tax lists show that the woman has a Swedish postal address, but pays taxes to Norway. The tax lists show that the woman has had between NOK 190,000 and 200,000 in income in the period 2018 to 2021. The income probably comes from a pension. Liliebäck is barred from talking about what has been said in questioning. At the same time, he confirms to news that economics has not been a topic. – There has been no talk of that at all, he says to news. Waiting for a medical examination news spoke on Monday with press officer Christina Hallin in the Bergslagen police district. She says the police are now working with analyzes and interrogations. – We are awaiting a medical examination to get more information about when and how the woman died. – Do you know anything about when this will be ready? – No, but as we now have a person in prison, it will be a priority. This is a priority issue, says Hallin. news has been in contact with Kripos, who say they have not been contacted by the Swedish police.
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