It was during a late evening in mid-January in a village outside Gällivare that the murder took place.
According to the indictment, the man poured flammable liquid on, or in the vicinity, of his partner and then lit it.
The woman suffered extensive burns and died after a month in hospital.
The man wanted to mark against the cohabitant
The man, who was later charged with murder, claims that he is innocent of having burned his partner to death.
During questioning, the man explains that he poured out some fuel, which he then lit, but that the fire flared up to go out just as quickly.
The reason for this was that he wanted to scare and mark against his partner because he was tired of "all the fuss".
"I would never hurt her," the man said in court.
The man's explanation is not something that the district court agrees with.
The court considers that the man knew that he put the woman in a life-threatening situation and that she could be exposed to serious risks to her life through the man's actions.
Furthermore, the district court believes that the injuries inflicted on the woman caused extremely severe suffering, something that also has consequences for the man's punishment.
Healthy enough to be sentenced to prison
According to the forensic psychiatric examination of the man showed that he was healthy enough to be sentenced to prison.
A punishment that the man is also sentenced to.
He was sentenced to 16 years in prison for murder, arson and gun crime.
However, the district court decides not to deport the man after he has served his sentence.
An assessment made by the court because they do not consider that the man will "exhibit the same behavior in the future".
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Hear prosecutor Moa Grahn about what the forensic examination shows and how much importance they attach to the actual alarm call.
Photo: Police preliminary investigation / Hans Sternlund / SVT