The Bomber

EPILOGUE

Late in June, exactly six months after the last explosion, Beata Ekesjö was convicted by the Stockholm City Court of three counts of murder, four counts of attempted murder, arson, the destruction of civic buildings, endangering the lives of the public, unlawful abduction, theft, and driving without a license. She did not utter one word during the trial.

Beata Ekesjö was sectioned under the Mental Health Act to indefinite detention in a secure unit, subject to Home Office conditions. The sentence was not appealed, and it came into effect three weeks later.

Hardly anyone noticed, but all through the five-week-long trial the defendant wore the same piece of jewelry. It was a cheap, old garnet brooch in gold and silver.

The story of how the constructional engineer Beata Ekesjö became the serial killer called "The Bomber" was never published.