145:. In 2008, Fossmo was relocated from Kumla Prison to Tidaholm after receiving death threats from other prisoners. In early 2013, Fossmo had his first day out on parole from the Tidaholm prison. In October 2014, after serving 10 years of his life sentence, Fossmo applied to the court and had his sentenced time determined, which meant that he would be released on parole in 2020. In January 2015, the Göta Court of Appeal repealed the decision, on the penalty requirement of at least 24 years of imprisonment for the severity of the crime, so that the application for parole was premature.
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An aspect of the case which aroused widespread media interest was the punishment of the persons involved in the crimes. Helge Fossmo was sentenced to life imprisonment while the person who actually murdered
Alexandra Fossmo, Sara Svensson, was released into the custody of the psychiatric ward of
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At around 04:40, 30-year-old IT entrepreneur Daniel Linde was shot in the head and chest and seriously wounded. Two hours later, it was discovered that his employee and neighbor
Alexandra Fossmo had also been shot and was found dead in her bed. The murdered woman was married to
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Linköping court system (Förvaltningsrätten). In August 2006, she was allowed to walk around the grounds of the psychiatric hospital unsupervised. Twice per month, she was given unsupervised leaves provided she went with a relative to the town of
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in her blood, her death had been ruled an accident. After the death of
Alexandra Fossmo, the Heléne Fossmo case was reopened and reinvestigated. Helge Fossmo was charged with her murder but was ultimately acquitted.
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Svensson and Helge Fossmo were lovers, and Helge Fossmo and Anette Linde were suspected of instigating both Alexandra Fossmo's murder and the attempted murder of Daniel Linde.
160:, or folk high school, in Vadstena. In early 2010, she received permission to live on her own during a six-month transition period. She presumably returned to society in late 2010, but
117:) in the media, following news that she had performed an engagement ritual with Jesus. She was also called "Queen Tirsa" by some members of the church and signed her SMS messages "T".
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Helge Fossmo's first wife, Heléne Fossmo, had been found dead in her bath tub in 1999. Although she had a hole in her skull and toxicology reports indicated a toxic concentration of
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658:"Inget tidsbestämt straff för Fossmo"
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324:"The definitive guide to – The Local"
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224:[Soon she will be released].
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627:"Fossmo får straffet tidsbestämt"
601:"Här firar Helge Fossmo i frihet"
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289:"Friheten ökar för Sara Svensson"
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