Mother and son convicted of the knife murder in Malå

"Marlene Ahlqvist, 43 years old, and William Ahlqvist, 22 years old, have been convicted by the Umeå Court of Appeal for the knife murder of a 30-year-old man in Malå on the night of February 12-13 this year. The sentences were 16 years in prison and life imprisonment. Never before in the modern criminal history of Skelleftebygden has a mother and son been convicted of involvement in the same murder. The accused unnamed teenager is also convicted of the murder. The 50-year-old man was convicted of harboring a criminal. She feels relief," says Linda Sundlöf, the victim's lawyer, about the mother of the murder victim's reaction to the verdict.

Here is where the knife murder happened - and here are the culprits. William Ahlqvist, 22 years old, is sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. His mother, Marlene Ahlqvist, 43 years old, is sentenced to 16 years in prison for the same act of violence. The unnamed boy, who is under 18, will also be sentenced for his part in the murder. The verdict was handed down Wednesday by the Umeå Court of Appeal, which was not unanimous in its decision to convict the three of murder.

Here is where the knife murder happened - and here are the culprits. William Ahlqvist, 22 years old, is sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. His mother, Marlene Ahlqvist, 43 years old, is sentenced to 16 years in prison for the same act of violence. The unnamed boy, who is under 18, will also be sentenced for his part in the murder. The verdict was handed down Wednesday by the Umeå Court of Appeal, which was not unanimous in its decision to convict the three of murder.

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Malå2023-09-27 16:39
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At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 13, the Umeå Court of Appeal announced that two of the murder suspects - the mother and son - would remain in custody until the verdict on September 27.

It was a clear sign that they would be found guilty. Otherwise, if the evidence had been deemed too weak, the only reasonable course of action would have been to release the suspects.

However, the Court of Appeal released one of the accused, a 50-year-old man who had been convicted by the Skellefteå District Court of aggravated harboring of a criminal (burning evidence in a barbecue area near Lake Laggträsket outside Malå).

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The lawyers Erik von Ahn (nearest) and Jens Nyström are public defenders for the 22-year-old man who remained in custody pending the verdict, and the 50-year-old who was released after the last day of the trial in the Court of Appeal on September 13. Now, the Court of Appeal has issued the verdict for the knife murder in Malå.
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Prosecutor Andreas Nyberg argued that the man should be convicted primarily for murder, secondarily for incitement to murder and thirdly for aggravated harboring of a criminal.

The unnamed teenager accused of the murder, was already in an SiS youth home and therefore not in custody, was of course not subject to a detention order because of his residence in the youth facility.

At 14:00 on Wednesday, the Umeå Court of Appeal announced the verdict:

William Ahlqvist, 22 years old: Sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.

Marlene Ahlqvist, 43 years old: Sentenced to 16 years in prison for murder.

The teenage boy: He was also convicted of murder and sentenced to 3.5 years in a youth detention center.

The 50-year-old man: He is sentenced to 2 years in prison for aggravated harboring of a criminal.

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