A person was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to prison for twelve years.
The person, who is now 34 years old, was born in Sweden and has lived here all his life. He has his family and relatives here, speaks Swedish, has attended primary-secondary school and upper-secondary schooling and had a job and a girlfriend. He is a citizen of another country but lacks connection to that country. He has never visited the country, does not speak the language and does not have any family or other relatives there.
The Supreme Court has considered that it would be disproportionate to expel him, despite the seriousness of the crime.
"There were strong reasons both for and against expulsion. In the balancing that has to be done in accordance with the Aliens Act, the person's ties to Sweden were so strong that it was not proportionate to expel him," says Erik Sjöman, who was one of the judges in the case.
Case: B 1864-25
Case name
"Expulsion and Ties III"
Facts
Last year, the Supreme Court ruled on two other cases concerning expulsion of persons who were born in this country or who had lived here since a very young age.
One of the decisions concerned a 17-year-old who had been guilty of a planned murder in a gang environment. He lived outside the regular society and, despite the fact that he was born in Sweden and had lived here his entire life, he was considered as weakly established in Swedish society. It was deemed proportionate to expel him.
The second decision concerned a 37-year-old man who had been convicted, among other things, of gross weapon crimes. He had come to Sweden when he was one year old. The Supreme Court concluded that the man, despite a weak establishment here in some ways, overall had very strong ties to Sweden. It was therefore not proportionate to expel him.
Contact
Press contact
Phone
08-561 666 30
Email
HDO-Presskontakt@dom.se