"A woman who was sentenced to twelve years in prison for aiding the murder of her husband is freed by the Svea court of appeal, reports the SVT News Sweden."
"the Murder occurred in Västerås last year."
"In his judgment, writes the court of appeal that the evidence against the woman is not strong enough."
"– the public Prosecutor has had a hypothesis without any evidence. It is nice that the court of appeal following the presentation of evidence we have in Sweden. In particular, in the case of serious crimes, " says the woman's lawyer Johan Åkerman to the newspaper."
"According to Johan Åkerman, she is the woman who had been detained the longest in Sweden. Now she plans to claim damages but how much is unclear."
"the Woman has been in custody for almost two years."
"the Västmanlands district court sentenced the woman, and said she along with a 35-year-old man planned the murder. They had begun a relationship in 2016, and had contact in the weeks before the murder was committed. The man was shot to death in his bed."
"the 35-year-old was sentenced to life in prison for murder."