Swedish Minister's murder trial set for next week

The trial of the man who has confessed to fatally stabbing Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh last year will start on January 14 after lawyers said they would not seek a pre-trial psychiatric examination.

“I’ve been in touch with prosecutors and the suspect’s lawyer and none of them have said they will request a psychiatric screening. And I will not take such an initiative,” said Chief District Court Judge Goeran Nilsson, who will hear the trial in Stockholm.