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	Christer Pettersson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Christer Pettersson (April 23, 1947 - September 29, 2004) was a suspect in the assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden.
		Pettersson was accused of the murder of Olof Palme after an extended investigation by the Swedish police.
		Pettersson was awarded about $50,000 in compensation for defamation by the police and for wrongful imprisonment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christer_Pettersson (421 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Cleared suspect 'admits' Palme murder
		The man convicted and later acquitted of the 1986 murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is reported to have confessed to the fatal shooting in a letter written to a tabloid newspaper.
		Christer Pettersson was convicted of the murder in 1989 despite pleading not guilty, but was acquitted by an appeals court later that year.
		Mr Pettersson is a former convict with a history of alcohol and drug abuse.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/1624202.stm (524 words)

	Christer Pettersson \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Christer Pettersson, who had a history of substance abuse, died of brain hemorrhaging and organ failure at 57, said Inger Rosell, a spokeswoman for Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm.
		Pettersson was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 1988.
		Pettersson, ruling that despite claims that he could be placed at the scene of the shooting, on a busy downtown Stockholm street, the evidence was not strong enough.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041018/news_1m18petters.html (531 words)

	Olof Palme - about the murder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Christer Pettersson was arrested in 1988 (two years after the crime was commited) for the murder and convicted in the first court.
		The judgement was appealed and in the second court (there are three levels of courts in Sweden) Christer Pettersson (a 42 year old alcoholic) was freed of all charges.
		The last one I saw claimed that Christer Pettersson was indeed the murderer but he intended to kill a drug dealer that had cheated him and that drug dealer just happened to look a lot like Olof Palme and lived close to the murder site.
	www.lysator.liu.se /nordic/murder/truecrime960827.html (331 words)

	Christer Pettersson has died - Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pettersson arrived at the neurosurgical clinic at Karolinska Universityhospital on September 16, 2004, with a serious injury to the head.
		Pettersson remained unconscious in the intensive care unit until the time of death at 12.55 p.m.
		Pettersson was a suspect for the murder of Primeminister Olof Palme, in February 1986, and was first convicted for the murder, but was later aquitted by a higher court.
	www.karolinska.se /templates/page____51432.aspx (101 words)

	CONK! Encyclopedia: Olof_Palme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Identified by Mrs Palme as the killer, Pettersson was tried and convicted of the murder, but was later acquitted on appeal to the High Court.
		Additional evidence against Pettersson surfaced in the late 1990s, mostly stemming from various petty criminals who had altered their stories but also from a confession made by Pettersson.
		That is the only technical evidence that could be cited as a reason to re-open the case." While the legal case against Pettersson therefore remains closed, the police file on the investigation cannot be closed until both murder weapon and murderer are found.
	www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Olof_Palme (1015 words)

	CNN - High court rejects retrial for suspect in Swedish PM's murder - May 28, 1998
		Christer Pettersson, 51, an alcoholic and life-long thief, was arrested for Palme's murder in 1988, and sentenced to life imprisonment in July 1989.
		Pettersson's initial conviction was overturned when the appeals court concluded that Palme's widow, Lisbet, may have been mistaken when she picked Pettersson in a police line-up.
		Pettersson, who always maintained his innocence, had already been convicted of 63 separate crimes -- including a 1970 homicide that took place near the spot where Palme was killed -- by the time of his 1988 arrest.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9805/28/sweden.palme (603 words)

	Pocono Record Online: Swedish assassination suspect dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Christer Pettersson, who had a history of substance abuse, died of brain hemorrhaging and organ failure at the age of 57, said Inger Rosell, a spokeswoman for Karolinska Hospital.
		Although police never found the.357-caliber Magnum pistol used to kill the 59-year-old politician, Pettersson was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 1988.
		In 1998, the Supreme Court rejected a prosecutor's appeal to retry Pettersson, ruling that despite claims that he could be placed at the scene of the shooting, on a busy downtown Stockholm street, the evidence was not strong enough.
	www.poconorecord.com /lifestyl/bkg38459.htm (423 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Experts doubt Palme case to reopen
		Christer Pettersson confessed to the fatal shooting in a letter written to a tabloid newspaper on Saturday.
		A former prosecutor in the case, Anders Helin, described Mr Pettersson's confession was a "PR-trick that does not mean anything".
		But Mr Pettersson can not be forced to repeat his confession to the police because he was acquitted of the murder.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/1626232.stm (473 words)

	Former suspect in Swedish murder dies - World News - MSNBC.com
		STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Christer Pettersson, whose conviction for the 1986 killing of Prime Minister Olof Palme was overturned on appeal, died Wednesday, hospital officials said.
		Pettersson was unconscious when he was admitted to the hospital with severe head injuries, Rosell said.
		Pettersson was convicted of Palme’s killing in 1988 but acquitted on appeal after police failed to find the murder weapon.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6132839 (447 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Assassinations by the right wing
		Pettersson was identified at the scene of the murder by Palme's wife Lisbet -- who claimed he shot her husband.
		Pettersson, now 50 years old, was convicted of murder in 1989.
		A Stockholm police spokesman contacted by WorldNetDaily said, "Christer Pettersson was attacked by a man aged about 35 and under the influence of alcohol.
	www.wnd.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=19086 (1877 words)

	PETTERSSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- World Notes SWEDEN -- Dec. 26, 1988
		Last week hopes rose that the hunt was at an end when the Stockholm District Court arraigned Christer Pettersson, 41, an underworld debt collector with a criminal record that includes manslaughter.
		Said deputy chief prosecutor Axel Morath: "I think we now have the man." Once before, in 1986, Pettersson was questioned by the Palme investigation team, which has faced numerous charges of mismanagement.
		And now Pettersson's roommate has undermined the suspect's alibi that he was on his way home at the time of the shooting.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,148329,00.html (394 words)

	► » Palme killer confessed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		that it was Pettersson ever since he was presented as a suspect.
		> that it was Pettersson ever since he was presented as a suspect.
		Today of all days, Christer Pettersson, the presumed killer of Olof Palme, has confessed that it was he who shot the Swedish prime minister.
	www.ermson.com /Palme-killer-confessed-5147181.html (572 words)

	Swedish TV channel 4 - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tingström told in his in his last recorded statement to his lawyer that he did know who killed the Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986.
		Tingström and Hyttinen were both friends to the main-suspect for the Palme murder, Christer Pettersson.
		The Palme case has recently been reopened against Christer Pettersson.
	www.lermanet.com /cos/bombman.html (5291 words)

	Carl Johan Pettersson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chart of ancestors of Carl Johan Pettersson (108)
		This site has details of other people with the surname Pettersson and an index to other surnames.
		Why not visit the home page for this site.
	www.kjellman.com /Family/p178.html (34 words)

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