Leif Axmyr | |
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Born |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
11 June 1938
Nationality | Swedish |
Criminal charge | murder |
Criminal penalty | life imprisonment |
Criminal status | Released as of 2nd June, 2016 |
Leif Bruno Axmyr (born 11 June 1938) is a Swedish criminal who is serving a life sentence, having been convicted for the murder of his former girlfriend Ulla-Britt Jakobsson and her male friend Tommy Larsson in May 1982. Tommy Larsson was the stephson of Swedish politician Allan Larsson. During a furlough on May 29, 1982, he committed the two murders that would later extend his sentence to life imprisonment.
Since 1997 he has been the person who has been imprisoned for the longest time continuously in a Swedish prison, As of 2017[update] totaling 34 years, 250 days. On June 2, 2016 he was conditionally released after more than 34 years in prison