Niklas Lindgren

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Kurt Niklas Lindgren (born 26 June 1972, in Sörmjöle, Umeå Municipality), known in the media prior to his arrest as Hagamannen ("The Haga Man"), is a convicted Swedish serial rapist. Lindgren was convicted of nine counts of sexual assault in 2006, two of which were labeled attempted murder, in relation to attacks in the city of Umeå from 1998 to 2005. The attacks were all made outdoors, involved physical violence and in some cases attempts to kill his victims. The nickname "Hagamannen" refers to the area in Umeå named Haga where Lindgren made his first assault. Lindgren was identified and arrested by the Swedish police after they received a tip from the public on 29 March 2006. His DNA matched the DNA previously secured from the victims. On 22 April Lindgren confessed to six of the assaults. On 19 July he was convicted of eight assaults by the Umeå District Court and sentenced to 14 years in prison. Lindgren appealed to the Upper Norrland Court of Appeal, which on 2 October upheld the district court's sentence plus one case of rape in 2000. Lindgren's appeal to the Supreme Court was not granted. Lindgren was released on 28 July 2015 and is now on probation after nine years served. On 22 August 2015 he was hit in the head with a golf club. On 13 November 2015, the three suspected attackers were found not guilty of Lindgren's assault.