In mid-June, the judges in Blekinge District Court came against the two men who were convicted of murdering a 57-year-old.

A 23-year-old man received 18 years in prison while a 22-year-old received life imprisonment.

Both judgments have been appealed.

The forensic psychiatric investigations showed that none of the men had any serious mental disorder.

The 22-year-old has been critical of the investigation and explained the murder by saying that he had suffered from mental illness for a long time.

New review

He requested that the National Board of Health and Welfare review the forensic psychiatric examination.

District Attorney Anna Johansson Toresten opposed a review by the National Board of Health and Welfare, but the Court of Appeal decided that this would be the case.

- What you do is you request a second opinion, ie a statement from the National Board of Health and Welfare, about the previous survey.

Then it is the experts who go through it, says Court of Appeal Councilor Lars Lindblad.

Want to see changed punishment

The appeal judgment has led to the case being taken up in the Court of Appeal starting on 30 August.

The 22-year-old wants to see the sentence changed from life imprisonment to a fixed-term sentence after the National Board of Health and Welfare has had its say.

- Then the Court of Appeal receives an answer after they have requested an opinion from us.

Then the Court of Appeal must make an assessment based on our opinion, says Nina Sandström, administrator at the National Board of Health and Welfare's legal council.

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Hear the district court's lawyer tell you why the penalties for men are different.

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