- General ▁of ▁Sweden . ▁Among ▁other ▁things , ▁new ▁information ▁from ▁the ▁Security ▁Service ' s ▁archive ▁was ▁invoked ▁which ▁was ▁not ▁raised ▁in ▁the ▁pre lim inary ▁investigation . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁Pro sec utor - General ▁decided ▁to ▁re open ▁the ▁investigation ▁against ▁Str ö berg . ▁The ▁decision ▁was ▁an ▁important ▁principle ▁importance , ▁as ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁such ▁action ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁assess ment ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁information ▁was ▁of ▁such ▁importance ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁be ▁cru cial ▁to ▁the ▁case . ▁On ▁ 1 4 ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁denied ▁the ▁trial ▁de ▁nov o ▁on ▁the ▁grounds ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁doubt ful ▁that ▁these ▁information ▁did ▁not ▁exist ▁in ▁the ▁original ▁pre lim inary ▁investigation , ▁but ▁that ▁the ▁new ▁evidence ▁was ▁never theless ▁not ▁such ▁that ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁App e al ' s ▁conclus ions ▁could ▁be ▁dis rupted ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁evidence ▁therefore ▁neither ▁individually ▁or ▁together , ▁would ▁likely ▁lead ▁to ▁an ▁acqu itt al ▁of ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁in ▁the ▁Court ▁of ▁App e al . ▁The ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁" g iven ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁almost ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁since ▁the ▁incident ▁took ▁place , ▁the ▁pr ere quis ites ▁to ▁now ▁meaning fully ▁implement ▁a ▁new ▁trial ▁and ▁to ▁take ▁it ▁further ▁is ▁also ▁very ▁limited ". ▁ ▁Later ▁life ▁Str ö berg ▁had ▁ever ▁since ▁he ▁was ▁arrested ▁claimed ▁that ▁he