Five men have received a total of 9.5 million kroner in compensation because they were wrongfully held in pre-trial detention for several years.

The five men, who last month received a huge multi-million kroner compensation, were charged with attempting to kill men from the rival gang Loyal To Familia (LTF) during incidents in May 2020. (archive photo) (Photo: © Ritzau Scanpix) 18 min. ago

At the end of October, five men, who were sentenced to life imprisonment and later acquitted in a case of attempted murder in the gang environment, were awarded compensation totaling more than 9.5 million kroner for wrongful pre-trial detention.

The State Prosecutor in Copenhagen has chosen to appeal this decision from the Glostrup District Court, and the Eastern High Court will therefore have to rule on the case.

This is according to Thomas Brædder, who is a lawyer for one of the five men, as told to Ritzau.

- A notice of appeal has come in today. It has been appealed for all five, he says.

With the appeal, the prosecution will attempt to be completely acquitted of paying compensation.

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Charged with attempted murder

On October 29, the Glostrup District Court ruled that the five should receive between 1,436,900 and 2,443,043.44 kroner in compensation.

The five men were charged with attempting to kill men from the rival gang Loyal To Familia (LTF) during incidents in May 2020.

A GPS was placed on a car, and in Måløv, 26 shots were fired at the car, six of which hit the vehicle, but not the two men inside.

The outcome of the case was that six men were acquitted, and a seventh man was convicted of a single count of attempted murder. The then 25-year-old Swede received a prison sentence of 14 years.

When the Eastern High Court overturned the life sentences and the five men were released, they had been held in pre-trial detention for years.

- It is frustrating for everyone because the process has already been extremely long, says Thomas Brædder, whose client was held in pre-trial detention for three years and four months.

Will not receive compensation until new ruling

The amount that the five men were awarded in compensation is to be added procedural interest from the dates the compensation claims were filed nearly three years ago.

This means that, according to the district court ruling at the end of October, three million was to be added to the total compensation amount.

The appeal from the State Prosecutor means that the men will not receive the compensation until the Eastern High Court has potentially ruled that they are entitled to it.

Last year, a total of 50.4 million kroner was paid out to citizens for wrongful imprisonment. This year, up to September 25, 31.4 million kroner had been paid out. This is according to figures from the National Police.

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