The lawyer for Sara Svensson, convicted for the 2004 murder of pastor's wife Alexandra Fossmo in Knutby, has filed a request to reopen the investigation. Johan Eriksson, Svensson's attorney, is demanding a new preliminary investigation following revelations by '200 sekunder' that exposed serious flaws in the original police inquiry. According to reports, a forensic medicine professor has stated that Alexandra Fossmo was already dead when she was shot in the hip, contradicting Svensson's account that this was the first shot she fired.
The case, which involved a Christian sect in the small Swedish town, remains one of Sweden's most high-profile criminal cases. Multiple former investigators and a former Supreme Court judge have reportedly stated that Svensson's conviction should be overturned. Eriksson has called a press conference for Friday morning to address the matter further.