One month and two days before the murder of the 25-year-old woman, one man, the 32-year-old, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison.
And just 14 days before the murder, the 19-year-old was sentenced in the Court of Appeal to one year and nine months in prison for, among other things, attempted aggravated assault and extortion.
"Incredible humiliation"
Despite prison sentences, both were released when the hearings in the district court were completed while waiting for the sentences to be appealed or to gain legal force.
- It is an incredible humiliation from a crime victim perspective if you are convicted and then set free so that there is a risk of continued crime, says Sven-Erik Alhem, chairman of the Crime Victim Support Center.
In both cases, the prosecutors wanted the convicted men to remain in custody until they gained legal force, or for the Court of Appeal to have its say, but it was rejected by the district court.
Alhem: Should not come out on free
The men were set free and are now suspected in the Notviken case, which Sven-Erik Alhem believes can be negative for both the perpetrators who may relapse into crime and the victims who may need to face their perpetrators.
- I think it is important from all points of view that, when it comes to this type of crime, you have to serve the sentence in direct connection with the main proceedings being concluded so you do not come out on the loose in between, says Sven-Erik Alhem, formerly prosecutor and chairman of the Crime Victim Support Center.
Hear him tell you more about the, according to him, wrong decision in the video above.