Wickbom had claimed that he had not been informed that Bergling had been granted regular conjugal visits and that his escape was a result of a series of mix-ups between the police and the prison service.
Wickbom hade hävdat att han inte hade informerats om att Bergling hade beviljats regelbundna permissioner och att hans flykt var ett resultat av en rad förväxlingar mellan polismyndigheten och kriminalvården.