Kim Eriksson Sirawan is denied shorter sentence

"Kim Eriksson Sirawan is denied shorter sentence,"

"Kim Eriksson Sirawan is struggling to get his prison sentence shortened."

"But now rejects the Correctional service of his appeal."

"" this decision is wrong, you can't do it in this way, says his legal representative Harri Keränen."

"in a garage In Thailand found a knarklaboratorium and 53 grams of methamphetamine."

"Swede Kim Eriksson Sirawan, 37, was sentenced to death after narkotikafyndet."

"the death Sentence was commuted to life imprisonment."

"After being incarcerated for eight years in several thai skräckfängelser, the authorities decided in Thailand that he could serve the rest of the sentence in a Swedish prison. The prison sentence in Sweden would then be 18 years of age."

"At the beginning of January, he was transferred to Sweden."

"Probation then decided to Kim Eriksson Sirawan the earliest, could be released on August 6, 2024."

"They had then added on the 3 years and 3 months at the 18 years because of a previous conviction. The authority had calculated out of a total of 3 153 days for the time he spent in custody."

"Kim Eriksson Sirawans legal representative appealed the strafftidsbeslutet and argued, inter alia, that Sweden's agreement with Thailand was that the punishment would be 18 years."

"– But when he landed on american soil came in the prison service, out of the blue, and plussade at 3 years and 3 months, " said 37-see her bold fashion representative Harri Keränen in connection with the appeal. "

"It requested, therefore, that the sentence would be shortened and that he would leave the prison on 18 June 2022."

"Critical of the prison service"

"On Friday afternoon came in Correctional decisions:"

"”the prison service overall assessment, to strafftidsbeslutet is correctly calculated and that it therefore should not be changed,” writes the authority in the decision."

"But Kim Eriksson Sirawan will continue to fight to get the sentence shortened."

"– has resonated in a strange way and it seems not even to have read what I argued for, " says Keränen."

"How is it that Kim reacted to the decision?"

"– I prepare him that it is common to Correctional settings do not change their decision. When you request a review of Correctional decisions, it is not uncommon that they will arrive at the same assessment again. But he is obviously not happy, he is disappointed over this."

"He says that they will now take the case to a higher court."

" We will, of course, to appeal and we have strong hopes. There is a chance, in the Administrative court and where we can gain the success of we really think that the decision is wrong."