Man Sentenced for Threatening Family with Bull's Head on Car Hood

A severed bull's head was placed on the hood of a Kungsbacka couple's car, leading to a 35-year-old man's conviction and a two-year prison sentence.

Around 7 a.m. on Friday, February 14, the businessman looked out of his Kungsbacka home and saw the bull's head on the car, as previously reported by Borås Tidning.

The father of young children showed his wife, and the couple decided to call 112.

– "We didn't understand what it was or what it was about. We first thought it was strange and that someone might have gotten the wrong address," the woman said.

– "I had trouble focusing and was a bit distracted all day."

A few hours later, the woman's father, a lawyer living and working in Stockholm, received a threatening email from an anonymous address.

"You know what you have done, and it's a situation our client will not ignore. Time is short, and we have no plans to back down," it read.

Received Threatening Email Demanding Two Million Kronor

The perpetrator demanded two million kronor as a consequence of "a project that didn't go as planned."

"If you think this is a game, think again. Our upcoming actions will involve very serious violence and coercion, directed at both your family and your employees."

The lawyer was urged to immediately pay 50,000 kronor and was offered a payment plan for the remaining amount.

"In life, we all face choices, and right now, you are at one of the most crucial. The choice you now face can bring you peace or pure hell – not just for you, but also for others, for a long time to come."

But the lawyer chose to contact the police immediately.

– "I find it hard to see any motive," he said in a police interview.

It turned out that the Kungsbacka couple's neighbor had installed a surveillance camera at their house, which captured a van stopping at the residence shortly after 4 a.m.

The recording showed a logo on one side of the van, leading investigators to a company in Herrljunga.

For the past six months, a 35-year-old man had worked there, previously linked to the criminal motorcycle gang Bandidos – and the van was parked at his home.

Prosecutors decided to conduct a search of the 35-year-old's residence in Herrljunga, and the man was arrested in absentia.

"The house was in great disorder. It looked like there had been a big party with lots of empty beer, cider, and various alcohol bottles throughout the house," wrote one of the officers who entered the residence.

The company van and a bloody t-shirt were seized, and two days later, the 35-year-old was arrested.

Perpetrator in Interrogation: "A Lot Going on in My Head"

– "There's a lot going on in my head, so I don't know what to say," the man said in the first police interrogation.

He was then asked what he did that night.

– "I want to say one thing, I don't want to answer any questions."

After that, he remained silent in all interrogations.

In April this year, the 35-year-old was charged with aggravated unlawful threat, attempted aggravated extortion, obstruction of justice, and minor doping offenses. He was sentenced in the district court to one year and nine months in prison but chose to appeal the verdict.

Last month, the Court of Appeal for Western Sweden increased the sentence to two years in prison.

The judgment states that there is no doubt that it was the 35-year-old who placed the bull's head on the hood and that he understood the couple would "feel serious fear for at least their own safety."