THERE is a fresh twist in the mysterious death of a Swedish woman who was discovered in Ayrshire 15 years ago.

Edinburgh Student Annie Borjesson was found dead on Prestwick beach on Saturday, December 4, 2005.

The 30-year-old had travelled to Prestwick airport the previous day and was due to fly home to her native Sweden.

However, Borjesson was discovered face down and fully clothed by a dog walker on the South Ayrshire coast.

And now, the Swedish government has refused to fully disclose files related to her passing, saying they have been classified as ‘secret’ and doing so may harm ‘national interests’.

Both Scottish and Swedish authorities have always maintained that the most likely cause of death to be drowning by suicide.

But Borjesson’s family continue to suspect foul play surrounding her death.

The case has been brought back into the limelight by Sky News’ ‘What Happened to Annie?’ StoryCast, which investigates all avenues in the circumstances surrounding her death.

Borjesson moved to Edinburgh in 2004 to study English.

On the weekend she died, she was filmed on CCTV leaving Prestwick international train station and soon after entered the main terminal at the airport.

However, after spending less than five minutes in the building, she suddenly left and her body was found on the sand less than 24 hours later.

A number of troubling discoveries were made with her passport, wallet, clothes and some books belonging to a Swedish library all in a bag lying next to her body.

But having no history of self-harm or mental illness, and no suicide note left, her mother Guje refused to accept that Annie walked into the sea.

However, after initially agreeing to release the documents detailing conversations with Scottish authorities in relation to the suspected suicide, the Swedish foreign ministry heavily redacted the files sent on the grounds of them being classified.

Explaining why the documents had been changed, Daniel Andersson from the Swedish Government, said: “Information has been deemed classified as secret according to the provision of Chapter 15, section 1 of the Public Access to information and Secrecy Act and as been redacted to the attached file.

“The reason for this is that information concerns Sweden’s relations with a foreign state and a foreign authority and it can be assumed that a disclosure will damage Sweden’s international relations or, in other ways harm national interests.”

Guje has told that she is troubled by this updated position.

She said: “Even the cause of death has been hidden.

“I demand that they do, these documents are about my daughter.

“I am not anybody, I am her mother.”

Despite the unexplained details known about Annie’s death, the Scottish Crown Office have never granted a Fatal Accident Inquiry.

A Police Scotland statement to Sky News read: “We understand how distressing this must be for family and friends.

“Annie Borjesson’s death was fully investigated at the time and has also been subjected to review.

“Throughout the process, regular updates were provided to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.

“There is no information or evidence at this time to suggest there is any criminality surrounding her death.”

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