Swedish woman arrested for having sex with skeletons

A Swedish brunette is accused of licking and hugging human skulls in her flat in Gothenburg. The alleged necrophiliac faces up to two years in jail for "disturbing the peace of the dead".

Prosecutors say the 37-year-old kept at least six skulls, a spine and "a large number of other bones" in a secret compartment, along with a drill, body bags and pictures from a mortuary.

The woman, who comes from south-western Sweden, was charged at Gothenburg District Court, but has denied the allegations - claiming she collected the bones out of historical interest.

The Goeteborgsposten newspaper alleged that she wrote on an internet forum a few years ago: “My morals set my limits and I’m prepared to take the punishment if something should happen.”

“It’s worth it. I want my man like he is, whether he is dead or alive. He allows me to find sexual happiness on the side,” she wrote.

Photos from a morgue were found hidden in the woman’s home, as well as a drill and body bags. But police have found no proof that she was a grave-digger.

The woman, who has admitted that the items were kept in her apartment but denies doing anything wrong, was arrested in September and faces up to two years in jail if found guilty.

“Some of the photos show a woman licking a skull,” prosecutor Kristina Ehrenborg-Staffas told The Local newspaper in Sweden.

“We claim it’s her, but she claims it’s someone else and she found the pictures on the internet,” she said.