Almost 13 years ago, Carolin Stenvall disappeared from Piteå at a rest area outside Gällivare when she was on her way to a job interview in Kiruna.

Six weeks later, her body was found on a forest road near the E10.

The murder case became, and still is, one of Norrbotten's most notorious murder cases of all time.

Killers have applied for a fixed-term sentence twice

In 2009, a 51-year-old man, a resident of Gällivare, was convicted of murder and life imprisonment.

The man appealed the verdict, but the Court of Appeal then upheld the district court's life sentence.

New decision: 24 years in prison

Ten years after the verdict, the man applied for a fixed-term sentence but was denied by Örebro District Court.

Now the man convicted of murder has again applied for a fixed-term sentence and on Friday the district court announced that the sentence will be converted from life imprisonment to 24 years in prison.

The district court has, among other things, assessed the man's risk of recidivism.

The decision is made primarily by the Forensic Medicine Agency's opinion, but also the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's opinion and the hearings at the district court.

Low risk of relapse

Örebro District Court assesses that the risk of recidivism of a serious nature is low.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service writes in its statement that the man has committed some negligence, but that from December 2018 to December 2020 he behaved.

As a result, the district court finds that

"the negligence charged to him is not of such a nature or extent that it constitutes an obstacle to a conversion to a fixed-term sentence"

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The man convicted of murder: "Lives every day with guilt"

The man convicted of murder says in interrogation that he lives every day with guilt, shame and anxiety.

However, he believes that he would do well outside the institution and has good chances of getting a job.

In risk assessments from the Forensic Medicine Agency and the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, alcohol is often mentioned, but the man states in interrogation that he would never dare to drink alcohol again due to fear of mental illness.