A new documentary will try to shed some light on the death of a Swedish woman whose body was discovered on a Scottish beach after her government declared it to be a top-secret death and whose family believes she was killed.
The body of Annie Borjesson was found on Prestwick Beach in December 2005, and her family is still trying to find out what happened.
Despite the fact that the initial police investigation determined the 30-year-old drowned and was killed by suicide, they still believe she was murdered.
However, her Swedish relatives and campaigners in Scotland have a number of concerns.
The documentary is expected to shed light on the circumstances surrounding her passing.
The new four-part series on the case is titled “Body on the Beach” and was commissioned by the BBC.
It will reveal fresh information regarding the case and is being produced by the Glasgow-based production company Rogan Scotland.
The show’s synopsis asks: “How did Annie Börjesson pass away? Rogan Scotland has been given a joint commission from BBC Three and BBC Scotland to produce a series to investigate this enigma.
The series will focus on the 2005 discovery of Annie Börjesson, a young Swedish woman, dead on Prestwick Beach in South West Scotland.
There are now many questions surrounding the authorities’ initial determination that the death was a suicide.
The series will ‘open up this cold case, investigating the unusual events leading up to and following her murder, piecing together facts in the public domain and turning up new evidence.’
Ms. Borjesson was discovered dead under a sea wall on December 4, 2005. She had been residing and working in Edinburgh after falling in love with Scotland during a brief visit. Her passport, money, and bag were all by her side.
She was scheduled to depart from Prestwick Airport that day for her Christmas flight to the western Swedish town of Tibro, and her close friends reported that she had been in a high mood.
She arranged an appointment for the following week with her Swedish hairdresser the day before she was scheduled to leave for the airport. She also paid her Edinburgh apartment’s rent for the next month.
In the years that followed, her death gave rise to a flood of conspiracy theories.
According to Fox News, one notion that surfaced was suspected CIA rendition flights through Prestwick airport that were used for the “extralegal movement of inmates” between nations.
This notion has not yet been supported by any evidence.
The Swedish Foreign Ministry and Scottish authorities conducted an inquiry into her death for a year, and records from that investigation came to light in 2020.
The documents were included in a six-part Sky News podcast titled “What happened to Annie.”
According to the podcast, the files have extensive redactions because the Swedish foreign ministry considers Borjesson’s passing to be “classified as secret.”
It cites “the information concerns Sweden’s relations with a foreign state and a foreign authority” as the justification for withholding information on the circumstances surrounding Borjesson’s death in Scotland.
The document continues by stating that the dissemination of the information “would undermine Sweden’s national interests or harm Sweden’s foreign relations.”
Another paper, submitted the day after she passed away, seems to contain information from the Swedish Embassy explaining why the Scottish government had believed Borjesson had committed suicide.
Guje Borjesson, the mother of Borjesson, said to Sky News at the time that she was “troubled” by Sweden’s choice to conceal the circumstances surrounding her daughter’s passing.
The mother of Borjesson stated that there is “public interest” in learning what happened to her daughter.
The documentary’s air date has not yet been specified.
It’s a really exciting time for documentaries at the BBC, with recent highlights like Uprising, House of Maxwell, Our Falkland War, Then Barbara Met Alan, and Gazza demonstrating our commitment to telling distinctive British stories and providing viewers with fresh perspectives on current events, according to Clare Sillery, Head of Commissioning, Documentaries, History, and Religion at the BBC.
“I want our programming to appeal to viewers all throughout the nation.”
I’m incredibly happy to be working with colleagues in the Nations on these engaging and urgent new films. “The new series we’re announcing today deliver unparalleled access to stories from Wales, Scotland, and the North of England.”