In the summer was tenåringsgutten sentenced to custody for 13 years for the brutal murder of a 16-year-old girl at Vinstra in October of last year. However, he appealed the judgment from the North-Gudbrandsdal district court.
the Punishment he received is among the highest that is given in Norway for such a young person.
the district Court believed it was imperative to protect society from the killer. They described the boy’s fascination for violence that is all-consuming.
The two assessors in the district court was in doubt. But the psychiatrist Terje Tørrissen and psykologspesialist Alexander Flaata concluded finally that the 17-year-old was not psychotic at the gjerningstidspunktet. Thus, could the court convict him to custody.
Defender Nora Hallén was a basic disagreement in the judgment. She desired that the young boy should instead be transferred to the judgment on compulsory mental health care.
– the Merits of enlightenment requires it.
17-year-old appealed the judgment on both the issue of guilt, straffutmålingen and the replacement.
the Appeal is not yet scheduled in the Eidsivating court of appeal. But now the defendant and defence counsel been successful in that it appointed new experts. These are in addition to the Tørrissen and Flaata that still shall accompany the appeal.
Defender Nora Hallén writes in an e-mail to NRK that she believes the “case information” requires that:
– This is the right agree. It is particular serious questions to be settled by the court of appeal. And taken into that the experts appointed for the district court was in great doubt and changed the conclusion several times, there is a need for a completely new rettspsykiatrisk assessment, she writes.
EXPERT: Psykologspesialist Alexander Flaata and psychiatrist Terje Tørrissen were experts when Nord-Gudbrandsdal district court heard the case in June.
Photo: Lars Erik Skrefsrud / NRK
– It is not often it happens
district attorney The Christian Grounded says that the prosecution has meant that the conditions for the to appoint additional experts have not been met.
– But we relate of course to the fact that the court of appeal has decided to appoint a couple”, he says.
Krimkommentator Olav Manager at NRK say that it is unusual with two sets of experts.
– It is not often it happens. But we know it from some of the cases. The most famous is probably the trial after 22. July. Then there were appointed two sets of experts. And it ended also with the fact that the last assessment was followed, ” he says.
Oppose varetektsfengsling
The 17-year-old boy is regularly been varetektsfengslet14 days at a time since he was arrested right after the murder.
Wednesday, he was again imprisoned for two new weeks of South-Gudbrandsdal district court. According to the court, there is still a high degree of probable that he will commit “that serious voldsforbrytelser them the charges will apply”.
17-year-old opposes the imprisonment. Of the ruling it is stated that the defender believes that it is unnecessary since he is currently subject to compulsory mental health care in the closed department.
