Negotiation ended: "Breivik should not be trusted"
Created: 01/20/2022, 12:46 p.m
Anders Behring Breivik, convicted of terrorism, sits in the makeshift courtroom at Skien Prison where his request for early release is being examined.
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In 2011, Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 people in Norway.
A year later he was convicted.
The court is now considering a possible parole.
Oslo - The Norwegian public prosecutor still considers the convicted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik to be a very dangerous man and therefore wants to keep him in prison.
Breivik said in court that he had changed, prosecutor Hulda Karlsdottir said Thursday during a court hearing at Skien Prison over the Utøya killer's request for parole.
According to the public prosecutor's office, there has been no change in his behavior.
The danger from Breivik is the same as it was ten years ago.
Karlsdottir therefore asked the responsible court to reject the application of the 42-year-old.
The matter is clear from the point of view of the prosecutor.
Breivik is not to be trusted, said Karlsdottir.
The Breivik asking for trust today is the same Breivik who attacked the Oslo government district and massacred the island of Utøya.
There is no perpetrator in Norway who has committed such serious crimes as he has.
Breivik wants to be released on parole
However, Breivik's defense attorney, Øystein Storrvik, subsequently suggested that his client should be released on parole under the conditions of the prosecuting authorities.
In closing remarks, Breivik then spoke about his political ideology, but was told to be brief by presiding judge Dag Bjørvik.
After that, Bjørvik declared the negotiation over.
Breivik had killed a total of 77 people in terrorist attacks in Oslo's government district and on the island of Utøya for right-wing extremist and Islamophobic motives.
In the summer of 2012 he was sentenced to the maximum sentence at the time of 21 years in prison with a minimum term of ten years.
A custodial sentence can always be extended under Norwegian law, meaning that Breivik could never be released from prison.
After the minimum period had expired, however, he was allowed to apply for his release on parole to be reviewed by a court.
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Since Tuesday, this has been the subject of a hearing in the detention center before the Telemark District Court.
According to Judge Bjørvik, it is difficult to say exactly when a verdict can be expected.
At best, it will come next week, at worst in two to three weeks.
dpa
