Court Orders Minister’s Killer to Be Committed
A Swedish high court ruled that the convicted murderer of Foreign Minister Anna Lindh should be sent to a psychiatric unit rather than face life in jail.
The court upheld a lower court’s decision in March to convict 26-year-old Mijailo Mijailovic of murder but said there was overwhelming evidence he suffered from a mental disorder.
One crime expert said the average time spent by convicted murderers in a psychiatric institution in Sweden is five years.
Mijailovic admitted stabbing Lindh in a Stockholm department store but denied intent to kill. The court said he acted on impulse when he attacked her.
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