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Published more: 2014-11-15 12:23 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Twins wrongly sent to special needs school for five years

Rasmus(cap) and twin Robin win compensation battle.Photo:Stig-Åke Jönsson/TT

The twin brothers Rasmus and Robin Sjöholm who were wrongly placed in a special needs school when they were twelve without proper evaluation have finally won compensation worth SEK 300 000 each, reports newspaper Sydsvenskan.

After a long drawn out legal process involving Vellinge's local council in the south of Sweden which wrongly placed the boys in a special needs school for five years until the mistake was discovered, a compensation settlement has been reached.

Earlier, the local council was ordered by the Court of Appeal in Malmö to pay compensation to the brothers,...