the DN has revealed a number of new circumstances of the night when Eric Torell, a 20-year-old with Down syndrome, was shot dead by a police patrol on a courtyard in the centre of Stockholm.
It was the night of the 2 August 2018 as Eric Torell, who intellectually was on a treårings level, took with him a black toy like a submachine gun to play in a park close to home.
if an armed man and put it in the context of a criminal person who had recently pistolhotat a woman in the same area. On the way to the address, got polispatrullen in addition, the information that the man had previously carried out a bomb scare and had access to explosives.
– to Get so serious default then it should have led to a greatly increased contribution, ” says the lawyer, Tomas Nilsson, who is representing Eric Torells parents.
– You should maybe have waited for responders, received the strengthening, both numerically and in terms of expertise? I want the prosecutor examines if one or some have been negligent in any respect.
not got transparency in the extensive pre-trial investigation – the three police officers who together fired 25 shots is being investigated for involuntary manslaughter. But Nilsson believes that it is of the utmost importance that the incident is being investigated thoroughly, and says that Eric Torells family wants the prosecutor to prosecute.
” It is a monumental tragedy in this event. I understand that no one had wished that it would end like this, nor do they involved the police. But we should not forget the importance of ansvarutkrävande. To examine the intervention legally can perhaps prevent something similar from occurring in the future.
at the special prosecution office and is leading the preliminary investigation which, inter alia, have included a 3D-scan of the courtyard where Eric Torell is operated, to enable an animation of some parts of the event. Soon it is expected Tidén take a decision on whether the three police officers who shot Eric Torell shall be prosecuted or not.
– Many of the investigations that we are dealing with specific office of the prosecutor, evokes strong feelings, ” he says. But I have to relate to me objectively to what has transpired in the inquiry, and make my decisions based on that.
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