In early February 2023, a 20-year-old man was released from a criminal transport at a hospital in Norrköping. A few months earlier, he had been sentenced to ten years in prison for attempted murder after stalking a car and shooting at it.
Can receive SEK 160,000 in compensation
Despite this, he is now seeking compensation from the Chancellor of Justice (JK) for having previously been detained for a crime he was acquitted of in the Court of Appeal. The man is seeking damages through his lawyer.
JK has not made a decision on the man's application, but if he were to be granted compensation according to the standard amount, he could receive around SEK 160,000. The fact that he is to serve a sentence in another case does not affect his ability to receive compensation for the case for which he has previously been acquitted.
The lawyer: "I have accepted an assignment"
The man's lawyer, Daniel Roos, tells DN that he cannot comment on whether he has been in contact with his client or not.
"But I can mention as a general indication that if I have accepted an assignment including making an application for compensation with JK at a certain time, but for some reason have been delayed in executing the application, cannot refrain from fulfilling what I have already undertaken notwithstanding the fact that at a later date I cannot reach my client", he writes in an email to the newspaper.
Unclear if the 20-year-old is abroad
Neither the prosecutor nor the police know if the 20-year-old is still in Sweden or if he has fled abroad. Prosecutor Torsten Angervåg has previously said that the man's network "obviously has the capacity to take him out of the country". But whether they have succeeded or not is not known.
According to police, the man is not suspected of a crime in connection with the escape, but they are still searching for both him and the two men who freed him.
- It is not forbidden to run away per se. It does not affect the length of the sentence," Daniel Roos told SVT.