- He has been attacked from behind in a forest when it was dark outside and has been in a so-called emergency defense situation, says teen defense lawyer Johan Åkermark.
It was January 10 this year that the 16-year-old boy passed away after a stab in the heart. Already the same evening, a teenage boy was arrested who admitted that he was holding the knife.
But he claims he waved the knife to "warn" and had no intention of injuring anyone.
The defense has also submitted that his client has for a long time been subjected to harassment and violence from other young people. Not those who were on the scene this evening, but that background made him afraid of being assaulted and therefore had a knife with him out in the woods.
"Did not intend to harm"If the court considers that it can still not be so-called emergency protection, the lawyer has asked that it still be an acquittal because the teenager should not have intended to neither harm nor murder anyone, but could not realize the consequences of his actions.
- We believe that one must take into account his low age and disability, says defense lawyer Johan Åkermark.
The trial was held behind closed doors considering the low age of those involved.
The two young witnesses who were in the woods describe in the police interrogations a brawl between the two who ended up with the 16-year-old running the knife cut from there. They support the prosecutor's description of the course of events.
Worked for 3.5 years- I mean he should be convicted of murder, says prosecutor Johan Strömbäck.
Today, the prosecutor held a so-called final plea in which he pleaded that the teenager be sentenced to 3.5 years of closed youth care for murder. The suspect also faces charges of rape against children for unlawful threats. The maximum penalty for closed youth care is four years.
The defense lawyer requested that the teenager, who was previously punished, be released on all charges.
The district court decided that the accused teenager should remain in custody until the verdict is announced in two weeks.
Hear how the lawyer and prosecutor reasoned in court in the clip above.