One of the defendants in the torture-like beating has been known to social services since the age of 2. He has periodically been taken into custody and been involved in several serious crimes.
Already as a 13-year-old, he was involved in the investigation into the death of the homeless beggar Gica. In Jönköping municipality, the social intervention group works specifically against young people in a criminal environment and it is an activity that has expanded since the start in 2020.