One of the four men, aged 22, was sentenced to life imprisonment for aiding and abetting murder because he had participated in the planning and preparation of the murder, notably by providing the car used by the perpetrators.

The car was later burned and completely destroyed.

A 20-year-old man was found guilty of both aiding and abetting murder and aggravated harbouring of a criminal was sentenced to 15 years and six months in prison.

A third man, aged 21, was sentenced for aiding and abetting murder to 12 years and six months in prison.

A fourth man, aged 19, was handed a much lesser 10-month prison term for protecting a criminal and vandalism.

C.Gambino was named hip hop artist of the year at the 2024 Swedish recording industry’s Grammis Awards the month before his murder.

Another award-winning Swedish rapper, Einar, was shot and killed in Stockholm in a gang conflict in October 2021.

The Scandinavian country has struggled to contain surging gang violence in recent years, with shootings and bombings now weekly occurrences.