Dinner is served.
Fish, it looks like.
If I get 14 years, I'll be older than you when they let me out.
Hey...
Nothing has been decided yet.
I shot Amanda and Sebastian.
Maybe you avoid going to jail.
You might get juvenile detention, along with other young people.
I'm 18. That means going to jail. That's what Sander said.
You can't give up now. This is not my Maja.
I'm calling witness number one, Lars-Gabriel Sager-Crona.
Lars-Gabriel, can you tell us
why you don't want to give testimony in the courtroom today?
I don't want to see her.
You and Sebastian, were you close friends?
My parents knew his father and... I've known Sebastian since we were little.
He was at our house a lot. But, uh...
in our last year...
when he and Maja...
We hung out with them at first, but then it got to be too much.
He flipped out, and so did she.
When was the last time you saw Maria Norberg?
At the party, at Sebastian's.
It's going to feel empty.
-I'm going to miss you. All of you. - Aw!
No, really.
We're going to miss you, too, Christer. Really, really much. Honest.
I need to remind you that you have to sign up for the teachers' lunch,
if there's anyone who hasn't done that yet.
And I really hope that everyone will come.
Good to see you. Listen. Party tonight, are you coming? Good.
-What's going on with you? -God. Fuck, how I love you.
Fuck, how I love you.
Amanda, Amanda.
Long time no see.
I'm having a party tonight, it's gonna be the shit.
-Call Labbe and tell him to come as well. - Yes.
Samir, huh? Sammy-boy.
How's it going? There's a party tonight at my place. You have to come.
But let's skip the fistfight tonight, okay? Way to go, buddy.
Listen up, party tonight!
-Party tonight!
Exactly! You're coming. Sweet, sweet.
You too, Chrille. You should come too.
Hey, now that you're here,
you know I asked you to a meeting tomorrow morning at 9:00?
You ought to come, too.
-Listen, party tonight. -Sebastian.
I want you to come. It's important.
Mm. Promise.
- Nine o'clock. -Yeah, great.
Guys! Party. Tonight. Don't forget! Come whenever you want.
What's this about a party? Why didn't you say anything?
Why are you always so angry? That's starting to suck, you know.
-I'm throwing a party. -How many did you invite?
My main man, Dennis, right here...
What's going on?
-What's this? -Say hi...
We have VIPs. Her name is Jenny.
There we go!
We're going to have fun tonight, Dennis. We're going to have fun tonight, right?
Thanks.
I want you. And I want you. Are you coming?
- Yeah. We're going to have fun. -Come on.
Woohoo!
-Amanda.
Amanda, help!
-Maja... -Maja? Hello?
Have a glass of water. What the fuck are you...
Amanda.
Amanda!
What the hell are you doing?!
I couldn't bear them any longer.
Sebastian's always been really intense,
but with Maja, he got completely crazy.
She drove him completely crazy.
In what way did Maria make him completely crazy?
Well... I don't know what happened, but he lost control over everything.
The drugs... He started taking stuff all the time.
And he always wanted to impress Maja, and always wanted her around.
And Amanda... She...
Sometimes I think Amanda was scared of Maja.
But she absolutely insisted on going to that meeting for Maja's sake.
I waited for her to get in touch.
I sent her a text but she didn't answer.
She always answered. Within a minute at the most.
Then I heard about the shooting and...
I sent her another message, and then I understood...
that she was dead.
Thank you. No further questions.
And the defense. Do you have any questions?
Yes. Lars-Gabriel...
were you present when Claes Fagerman was shot?
No.
Were you present when Sebastian Fagerman was shot?
No.
Were you present when Amanda Steen was shot?
No.
Thank you. No further questions.
Why the hell didn't you shoot yourself? You're so fucking weak!
- Can you turn this off? -You've destroyed our lives.
You should get life, or better die...
Maja?
- Hello, Maja? Maja? - She won't come out.
- Come on, Maja. - She isn't answering.
-She's not opening. - How long? Hello? We have to hurry, we're starting now.
Maja!
I would like to call witness number two, Mimmi Steen.
JUDGE
Mimmi?
Yes?
Could you tell us how you received the news of your daughter's death?
Yes.
It was... 11:45 a.m.
And I'd just come to... the Djursholm florist,
when my cell phone rang.
So, in one second, I was standing there picking out flowers
for Amanda's graduation party.
She wanted lilies of the valley.
And then...
in the next second...
I was a mother who... had lost her daughter.
It feels so empty.
I like to talk a little about Maria and Amanda.
They were the best of friends, were they not?
Yes. Maja and...
Maja and Amanda were inseparable.
They met in preschool, and...
Amanda chose her classes in high school just so she could be with Maja.
Maja was everything to her...
But the last six months...
something changed.
Maja...
isolated herself with Sebastian.
Did Amanda say why?
Yes, she said...
Maja wanted to be left alone with Sebastian.
She didn't tell me much.
She said that... she and Maja would find their way back to each other.
Everything would sort itself out.
Did Amanda ever say that she was worried about Maria?
Yes.
And I asked if I could do anything.
But by then, Amanda and Samir had already talked with their teacher.
So that was why Christer... had summoned them all to meet.
I didn't want to get too involved.
And then...
Then it was too late.
Thank you, Mimmi.
No further questions.
Attorney Sander.
Yes. Mimmi, I have just one single question if you feel up to it?
Absolutely.
Do you think that Maja would hurt Amanda deliberately?
No.
She would never do that.
Maja loved Amanda.
Thank you. No further questions.
Thank you, Mimmi Steen.
The court thanks you for today and will adjourn for the weekend.
We will continue on Monday, with an injured party
who will then appear in accordance with the court's instructions.
MERRY CHRISTMAS LINA - MAJA
Hey.
I'm going to leave now. I just wanted to wish you a nice weekend.
I've booked time for you in the yard and the gym, okay?
Here.
If you want to watch a movie or something, just tell them, okay?
Maja, it's yard time.
Don't you even want to have a smoke?
No?
Then we'll just lock up.
There is one eyewitness from the classroom, who says
that Maria took aim at Amanda, and that she shot her deliberately.
The court calls the injured party, Samir Said.
Samir is the only surviving witness from the classroom.
Can you tell us about the school? Why did you attend Djursholm Public High School?
Better school, better learning conditions, frankly.
I liked it there.
How did you know Maria?
We were in the same class for three years. We were friends.
I thought we would begin by talking a bit
about what happened the day before the classroom incident.
If you could tell us, in your own words,
about Sebastian Fagerman's party, May 27th.
Amanda, Labbe, and I had decided to go there as a group.
We went fairly early, because we were concerned.
We had made up our minds to try to do something.
Then, when we got there... Sebastian was wasted, and Maja...
She...
I guess I hadn't realized that she was also doing so many drugs.
She was totally out of it, too. I had never seen her like that.
We are now going to view a video clip taken at the party,
the evening before the classroom shooting.
Samir.
What the hell? Stop filming!
Stop filming! Samir, give me that!
Give me the camera! Give me the camera!
Samir, give me the camera! No, stop!
-So, you filmed this with your cell phone? -Yes.
I would like to add that the clip was recovered
from Claes Fagerman's cell phone.
See page 456 of the preliminary investigation.
-Why were you filming? -For proof, in order to put an end to it.
And to help Maja.
And Sebastian.
- What did you do with the video? -I sent it to Claes Fagerman's cell phone.
What happened next? Complete chaos.
Maja! Sweetie, how are you?
Maja!
Maja, what did you take?
I have no idea. Ask Dennis.
Who is Samir?!
No! No, no.
Who is Samir?!
Does anyone know Samir?
Give me your phone.
Where is he, anyway? Where is Seb...
No, no, no!
Calm down. Baby, it will be fine!
No, he's going to kill him!
You fucking swine!
You're not my fucking son!
You get out of here! Now!
You're completely fucking worthless!
I really don't know.
I think it was Samir who sent the video to Claes.
But I don't know, Sebastian. Sebastian, say something!
Sebastian? Sebastian, let's go to my place instead.
-No, come on! Let's go. -No.
-What are you going to do? -I'm staying here. You go home.
YOUR DAD'S SICK IN THE HEAD. HE DESERVES TO DIE. I WANT HIM TO DIE.
So, Samir...
could you tell us, in your own words,
what happened the morning of the 28th of May in the classroom?
I was standing there, talking to Amanda.
Christer was standing at the teacher's desk, drinking his coffee.
Then Dennis came in.
And then Maja and Sebastian.
And what happened next?
Sebastian tossed his bag up on the desk.
Christer asked Maja to close the door.
And Sebastian, he...
He took out a weapon.
Everything went so quickly, I didn't know what was happening.
He shot Dennis.
And then he shot Christer.
And I threw myself on the ground.
Then he reloaded, and came after me.
And I felt a sudden pain in my back, and I thought, "If I play dead, then..."
And then Sebastian screamed...
"Just shoot, Maja. Shoot, for fuck's sake. You know you have to. Just shoot."
And I saw how Maja took aim at Amanda, and fired two shots.
And then I heard three more shots. And then it went quiet.
Samir, are you entirely sure of what you saw?
Yes, I am entirely sure.
Maja killed Amanda. And then Maja killed Sebastian.
Thank you.
I have no further questions. And I suggest that we take a short break.
What? No, just a minute.
There is no reason to take a break. We're ready for our cross-examination.
This has been a difficult hearing for the injured party.
The proceedings are adjourned for a short break. Fifteen minutes. Thank you.
They like Samir.
It's not about who likes who now.
Fuck, do they ever like Samir.
Uh, Samir,
in your first interview, you said it took several hours for the police to arrive.
-Do you remember that? -It felt like several hours.
It took 15 minutes. I have the report here.
It says the classroom was opened 15 minutes after the last shot was heard.
Is that relevant?
You also said that Christer was the first to be shot.
- Yes, but-- - But you changed that later.
I was still dazed. I had just been operated on.
I was interviewed while I was still in the hospital.
I understand that, Samir. It can't have been easy for you.
There were quite a few things you said in that first interview,
-that you later retracted. -No, it wasn't like that.
How many days did it take from when you were shot at -until you were first interviewed? -Four days.
Was your family there with you during those days?
Yes.
What language do you speak with your parents?
- Arabic. - We spoke with your nursing staff.
Evin, can you hand out the interview with one of the nurses
who took care of you, who also spoke Arabic.
Now, she has informed us that you asked your father what had happened to Maja.
And she also told us what your father answered.
Do you remember what he answered?
That she was in custody, I think.
He told you she was in custody, and that she should rot in prison for what she did.
He also told you the police had found a bag in Maja's locker,
and he told you what was in that bag.
Your father said all of this to you
two days before the police conducted their first interview with you?
Is that right?
I don't know. Could be. He just told it like it was.
Well, no. He told it like he thought it was.
I don't think he made this up.
I think he had just read the papers, and he believed what he'd read.
Let's set this aside for now.
In earlier interviews, you stated
that "it saved my life that they thought I was dead."
What did you mean by that?
If they'd seen that I wasn't dead, they would have shot me again--
You played dead, so you wouldn't be shot again?
-Yes. - Hm.
How did you do that? Keep your eyes shut?
- Not completely. - So, you looked?
-I think I saw enough. -You played dead with your eyes open?
Weren't you afraid they would see you looking at them?
Yeah, I was terrified.
You have also, in earlier interviews, claimed that they did it together.
What exactly was it they did together?
Well, they... They acted in unison.
So, when Sebastian shot Dennis, Christer and you, was Maja shooting as well?
No.
But did Maja have a weapon, when Sebastian said... What was it he said?
- I've already told you. - Please tell us again.
He said, "Just shoot, Maja. Shoot, for fuck's sake.
You know you have to. Just shoot."
And you profess to know what Sebastian meant by that?
Kill Amanda.
Because Maja is convinced that when Sebastian said, "Just shoot,"
he actually wanted her to shoot him.
Because if she didn't do so, then he was going to kill her.
I don't understand. Do you think I'm inventing this?
We, the defense, have also conducted a reconstruction,
that you didn't attend.
We've created an illustration of the classroom
in which we've positioned the victims as the paramedics found them.
So I should like to ask you, just one last time,
to point out exactly where you were lying when you saw Maja shoot.
There. Do you know what our reconstruction guy said he could see from there?
-No. How would I know that? -He couldn't see Maja.
For him to see Maja, he was forced to turn his head.
But if he did turn his head, he then couldn't see Amanda.
Could it be that you turned your head to see Maja?
Yes, conceivably. Mm-hm.
But you were lying as still as you could, right? Because you were playing dead.
-I saw what I saw. - And what was that?
I saw that Maja took aim at Amanda.
No, wait a minute. That isn't possible.
From where you say you were lying,
you could not have seen Maja and Amanda at the same time.
That's impossible, unless you turned your head, but you don't know if you did,
but you do know you were lying as still as possible.
Sebastian said...
Sebastian said, "Just shoot, Maja. Just shoot, for fuck's sake.
You know you have to. Just shoot."
But do you know why he said that?
-I know that they both-- - Be very careful now, Samir.
You have to be totally certain. Do you know why Sebastian said what he said?
No.
Then do you know why Maja did what she did?
-How could I know exactly-- - How could you possibly know that?
I just want you to be honest, Samir.
Do you know why Maja shot Amanda?
No.
No. But...
can you really be sure, then, that she did it deliberately?
No.
Thank you. Thank you, Samir. No further questions.
So, then we'll adjourn for today.
Thank you very much, Samir Said.
Tomorrow, we intend to conclude the proceedings.
It is our last day, according to the schedule.
Are both parties ready to conclude tomorrow?
-Yes. -Good. Thank you all.
Good morning, Lina.
Maja, can you read a book to me?
Not now.
Hi. How are you?
Maja? Maja?
Sit down.
-Let's have breakfast together, and talk.
Hang on.
- Not now, not now. -I have to take this...
Hey.
Maja! Maja, come here!
-What's going on? -Come here to me, now.
-I'm going. -Do you hear me? You have to come!
-All right, I'm coming. -You can't just leave now.
I'm on my way. I'm hurrying. Yes, I'm leaving now, okay?
- Maja? -We'll talk tonight.
-Maja, wait! -We'll talk later on!
Maja!
Maja.
- Hey, Sebastian. -Hi there.
Good, it looks like we're all here. Maja, would you close the door, please?
It is every parent's worst nightmare, to send their children off in the morning
but not have them return home in the evening.
It's difficult to understand, almost impossible to comprehend
how young people can harbor so much rage that...
they kill.
But this mustn't prevent us from seeing what happened.
It mustn't stop us from upholding the law.
And what the court must determine today is the defendant's guilt.
The court must do the right thing and find
that the defendant is guilty of incitement,
accessory, murder, and attempted murder.
The defendant's responsibility for the crimes
has been demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt.
Remember what Samir said from the beginning...
what he said throughout the whole preliminary investigation,
what he has stood by, despite the elapsed time.
He saw very clearly what happened in the classroom
during these nightmarish minutes.
He saw what the defendant did.
Did he have to turn his head in order to see it?
Maybe. But what difference does that make?
He saw what he saw.
And when it comes to the defendant's role, Samir has hardly been ambiguous.
The first interview should never be underestimated.
Especially when it's supported by forensic evidence.
And on the police's side, the forensic investigation was conducted
by the NFC, our National Forensic Centre.
There can be no doubt that this has been difficult for the defendant.
Maria Norberg surely regrets her actions.
She may already have begun to regret what she did in the classroom
when she saw what death actually looks like.
Presumably, she got scared then, too.
And when Sebastian Fagerman was dead, she no longer wanted to die.
However, none of this affects the question of culpability.
Therefore I request 14 years in prison,
the longest sentence admissible by the law.
Taking into consideration the seriousness of the crime,
and the savagery with which it was carried out,
there is no justification for not sending the defendant to prison.
Thank you.
Thank you, prosecutor Lena Pärsson.
Attorney Sander, please go ahead.
Could we please lower the overhead projector?
- Thank you.
Good.
"Everyone was going to die. There was no other way out."
I wanted to show you how many articles had been written about Maja Norberg
when this trial began, but it just cannot be done.
It is utterly impossible to keep track of.
Googling the name "Maja Norberg" the evening before this trial began
produced 1.3 million hits.
And this despite the fact that most of the Swedish media
had not yet mentioned her name.
In other words, it is the media, along with public prejudice,
that shaped the image of Maja Norberg as being guilty.
She was condemned in advance.
My client is charged with inciting the murder of Claes Fagerman.
And this section of the indictment is also central to the allegation
that my client, along with the late Sebastian Fagerman,
planned and committed the murders at Djursholm Public High School
later the same morning.
As evidence to support this allegation,
the prosecutor has cited a number of messages
which my client sent to Sebastian Fagerman
the night before and on the morning in question.
Messages in which my client expresses herself in a way
the prosecutor interprets as incitement to kill.
Evin, would you, please?
"I'd rather commit suicide than start eating paleo."
"We should take out that creep who is making us work on Saturday."
"Meat eaters are the same as murderers."
We use words and expressions that refer to death without meaning it.
Even adults express themselves in dubious ways.
Young people express themselves not only mindlessly,
but often even outright inappropriately, but is that illegal?
Does this fulfill the legal requirements for incitement?
No, it doesn't.
We don't know in any detail
what happened in those morning hours when Claes Fagerman died.
But we know that father and son were alone in the house when it happened.
We know that father and son had had a violent altercation shortly before.
We know that Sebastian Fagerman had been abusing drugs for a long time
and had psychological problems.
Does it seem likely then that Maja's sporadic messages
were decisive for Sebastian's actions?
Or does it seem more likely that the actual cause lies
in Claes and Sebastian Fagerman's well-testified lousy relationship?
I'm convinced that the court will answer this question the same way that I do.
What sort of concrete evidence does the prosecution have against Maja Norberg?
Is there anything in the intense telephone contact between Sebastian and Maja
that would prove that Maja was conscious
of Sebastian's plans to kill his own father that morning?
No.
Is there any circumstantial evidence, testimony, or other proof
showing that Maja Norberg, along with Sebastian Fagerman,
planned and carried out the attack at Djursholm Public High School?
No. There is no such evidence whatsoever.
There is no evidence to be found at all.
Instead, the prosecutor produces a witness.
The prosecutor said in her statement,
"The first interview should never be underestimated."
I would like to correct this claim and say that in this case,
the first interview should be entirely dismissed.
It is abundantly obvious that this witness was biased
by what others thought they knew about what had happened that morning
at Djursholm Public High School.
I have no reason to believe that the witness intended to lie.
It's quite plausible he actually believes what he's saying is true.
But he has been proven wrong.
The witness cannot have seen Maja take aim at Amanda Steen.
That is demonstrably impossible.
Maja Norberg has continually stated
that she shot Amanda Steen by mistake...
and that she shot Sebastian Fagerman in self-defense.
The prosecution has thus failed to prove culpability for any of the crimes.
Thank you.
I hereby declare the proceedings concluded.
The court will now conduct a confidential deliberation
with the intention of passing judgment.
The case will be called as soon as we have finished.
Thank you for now.
The court has passed judgment in case K482620-2018
in courtroom two, the secure courtroom.
The court has now concluded its deliberation.
The written verdict will be provided later,
in which the court findings will be specified in detail.
Appeals must be filed within three weeks of delivery of the written judgment.
The District Court has decided that all charges should be dropped.
The prosecution has not been able to demonstrate
that the defendant had the intent
to murder, attempt murder, or be an accessory to murder,
or that the requirements for incitement are fulfilled.
The defendant will therefore be released immediately.
What did she say? What did she say?
You're free.
I get to go home? I get to go home!
Thank you, thank you...
Hopefully I can answer your questions.
Maja!
Yes, we are. This is of course a much appreciated victory for us...
Good, so everyone's here.
Maja, would you close the door, please?
Now shoot me, Maja!
Just shoot me! You know you have to!
Shoot me! Shoot me!