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Unprovoked slitting of woman's throat at Ica Maxi - avoids both prison and deportation
Published March 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Domestic. The 26-year-old Indian Shivesh Tiwari was convicted on Monday of the brutal murder of a woman inside the ICA Maxi in Botkyrka earlier this year. The murder took place completely unprovoked and in front of both customers and colleagues – but Tiwari will not be sentenced to prison. The penalty will instead be forensic psychiatric care, and deportation is made impossible by the fact that he has already received a Swedish passport.

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It was on the evening of January 7 that the woman, an employee in her 60s, was stabbed to death shortly after leaving the warehouse.

Surveillance footage shows Tiwari, who had bought a mora knife earlier that day, delivering a fatal blow to the woman's neck. The carotid artery was severed and the woman died from blood loss.

Shivesh Tiwari, who was born in India but has been granted Swedish citizenship, was immediately arrested by security guards on the spot. He confessed to the murder and a forensic psychiatric examination determined that he suffers from a serious mental disorder – both now and at the time of the crime. Södertörn District Court therefore sentences him to forensic psychiatric care with a special discharge review.

– The man has admitted that he killed the woman and his admission is strongly supported by other investigations. He is therefore convicted of murder. Since the district court has assessed that the man suffers from a serious mental disorder and did so at the time of the crime, the penalty is determined to be forensic psychiatric care, says Anna Avenberg, chief councilor and chairman of the case, in a statement.

Tiwari must also pay over 650,000 kronor in damages to the victim's husband, three daughters, sister and several work colleagues who were psychologically affected by the brutal act.

There was no connection between him and the victim. According to the district court, it is the risk of recidivism and the seriousness of the crime that requires special consideration for any future discharge.

Thanks to his Swedish citizenship, the Indian cannot be deported from Sweden under current legislation. There is currently no indication that politicians plan to change that legislation.