On Wednesday, the verdict was handed down at the Skaraborg district court against the man in his 40s who was charged with the murder of his ex-partner in Falköping in June 2022.

The woman and the man's child were in the man's apartment when he attacked.

The children managed to take the knife from the father so that their injured mother could escape from the apartment.

But the man followed and continued the attack as the woman sat in her car and tried to escape.

A witness intervened and was able to take the knife.

The woman was taken to hospital but died during the evening.

The man admits that he stabbed his former partner, but that he acted in self-defence.

He is sentenced to life in prison for murder and three counts of aggravated breach of child protection.