- He has subjected both women to very extensive, brutal and mindless violence which was not short-lived.
The penalty for each of the murders is equivalent to life imprisonment.
Therefore, the mitigating circumstances in this case do not have any impact, says Court of Appeal President Ylva Norling Jönsson in a press release.
On March 21 this year, the 18-year-old killed two female teachers at Malmö Latin School by chopping them to death with an axe.
Malmö district court sentenced the 18-year-old to life imprisonment.
In the appeal to the Court of Appeal, he requested to receive forensic psychiatric care instead, or in any case a fixed-term prison sentence, but the Court of Appeal follows the district court's line.
No extenuating circumstances
According to a senior doctor heard in the Court of Appeal, the 18-year-old suffers from severe autism which means that he could not control his behaviour.
The court has therefore requested an opinion from the National Board of Health and Welfare's legal council which makes the same assessment as the forensic psychiatric opinion, that is to say that there are no conditions to sentence the 18-year-old to forensic psychiatric care.
However, there is reason to assume that the 18-year-old's development and judgment have been deficient compared to other people of the same age, writes the court.
Although it can be seen as mitigating circumstances, it does not affect the sentence.