In Hønefoss, a 50-year-old woman was beaten and stabbed on a public street in June last year. The accused, her ex-husband, told the court he had observed her earlier, went home to get a wheel winder and a knife, and cycled after her. When she saw him, she tried to run, but he caught up and hit her.
Several witnesses filmed the attack, showing the man with a knife and wheel winder. A passerby tried to intervene, and the first officer on scene shot the accused in the thigh to gain control. The accused said he wanted to harm his ex-wife so she would leave Hønefoss, partly because he was no longer welcome in their Eritrean Orthodox congregation.
He had several restraining orders against her, and she received a violence alarm only eight days before the murder, which she did not activate. The prosecutor presented search history from his phone including 'murder' and 'homicide', but the accused said he does not remember those searches. He is also charged with attempted murder of the passerby, Gabriel Calderon Cohn, who held up a bicycle as a shield.
She was caring, a good mother, and my world.
The accused claims Calderon is lying about a move toward his throat. A police officer with nearly 30 years of experience testified he shot a person for the first time after seeing the accused with weapons and the victim motionless. According to NRK Buskerud, the daughter of the murdered woman described her as caring, a good mother, and her world.
She said problems started after they came to Norway, and her father became threatening and said he would kill her mother. The mother was afraid and rarely went out. In a separate case, four men are in custody charged with kidnapping a man in his 30s and leaving him to die.
None admit guilt. According to the charge, the victim was taken from one address and died about a day later at another. One accused called the allegations 'bullshit' and complained about not receiving an explanation for his arrest.
I did not intentionally shoot the victim.
The court found suspicion strong enough to remand him for two weeks. Another accused, a man in his 40s, said he has no knowledge of the case and appealed his detention. A man in his 20s claimed he was in a drunk tank that night and could not be in two places at once.
In the Heidi Sagen murder case, a man in his 50s charged with aggravated robbery resulting in death stated he was not physically violent toward the 58-year-old victim. Police believe Sagen was taped, subjected to severe violence, and suffocated with a plastic bag. Three men are charged: a main perpetrator who admitted murder, robbery, and desecration of a corpse; another for complicity in robbery; and the man in his 50s.
He explained he thought they were going to get drugs and that the main perpetrator appeared unexpectedly. He bought work gloves at a gas station, claiming they were for cleaning, but a pair with his and Sagen's DNA was found in her living room. He witnessed the victim being taped and beaten but said he was shocked and did nothing.
The victim kicked my door when I returned from a gas station, leading to a scuffle.
DNA from the accused was found on Sagen's body. The prosecutor may seek preventive detention for two of the men, and the case involves a drug milieu and conflicts over narcotics. In the Jonas Aarseth Henriksen appeal, the 'Orderer' admitted to ordering vandalism and violence but not murder.
The defense argued that the many traces left suggest it was not planned. The Orderer obtained a firearm for shooting truck tires, and the 'Helper' said they decided to shoot tires instead of slashing them to avoid explosions. The Orderer bought the weapon later used to kill Jonas but claims it was only for tires.
The Helper admitted adapting the weapon with a silencer but also said it was for tires. Two weeks before the murder, the Helper and others tried to mount a tracking device on Jonas's car but failed. The Orderer and Helper were best friends for 20 years; the Helper made excuses to avoid violence.
I saw a knife-like object through the door peephole and retrieved my revolver to scare the victim.
The Orderer then found another person who was hired for severe violence that ended in Jonas's death. Four men were convicted in the district court; the appeal focuses on whether the murder was planned. In Østfold, a man in his 40s is charged with murdering his 66-year-old mother by running her over.
The prosecution believes it was intentional, but the accused claims it was an accident, thinking she had already gone inside. The indictment also includes theft of her car, driving under the influence, carrying weapons, and violating a restraining order. A video shows police at his residence hours before the incident.
The prosecutor says there is a discrepancy between events and his explanation. In Troms, a man in his 50s is in custody for the murder of 80-year-old Asbjørn Lanes at a care home. He entered Lanes' room and killed him with a knife, then called police himself.
The victim kicked my knee, causing the gun to discharge accidentally.
A psychiatric report concluded he was likely in a psychosis at the time, but medication may be masking symptoms. The court found evidence 'particularly strong' and believes there is a 'highly real danger' of new violent acts. He is detained at a psychiatric hospital and has consented to further detention.
The County Governor has opened a supervision case against the municipality. In Vienna, a jury unanimously convicted a defendant in a shooting case. The defense argued it was an accident, but the prosecutor said the defendant intentionally shot the victim, comparing his behavior to the Wild West.
, possibly to complain about loud music. at, the defendant described the victim kicking his door, leading to a scuffle. A forensic expert said the defendant punched and choked the victim, causing fractures.
I thought the first three chambers of the revolver were empty.
at, the defendant described seeing a knife-like object through the peephole and retrieving his revolver to scare the victim, but the gun discharged accidentally when the victim kicked his knee. The defendant, a former sports shooter, claimed he thought the first three chambers were empty. The verdict is not yet legally binding.
In London, Solomon Ghebrekidan, 17, was stabbed to death in Brixton in 2019 while protecting a female friend. His mother hugged his killer. In Oulu, Finland, a 26-year-old man was tortured and murdered in an apartment in October 2024.
He was beaten with a golf club, taped, and forced to write notes. His body was found wrapped in garbage bags with chlorine poured over it. Three people are charged with murder.
He was a loving, active, and strong father, not frail.
The victim was lured under the pretense of buying drugs. In Espoo, a woman heard screams and found a 19-year-old man dead; an 18-year-old woman was outside. A 21-year-old man is accused of murder.
In Helsinki, Pekka, 79, was randomly stabbed to death; a 26-year-old man is suspected. According to Ilta-Sanomat, Pekka's children described him as a loving, active father. In Shrewsbury, a homeless former head chef was murdered; another homeless man was convicted.
In Salford, an 81-year-old man attempted to rob a 95-year-old woman, tying her up and strangling her before her hairdresser interrupted. According to Daily Mail - News, the victim, Mary Morgan, described thinking she was going to die. In Helsinki, two men were convicted of manslaughter for a stabbing outside a karaoke bar; the victim's wife heard the attack on the phone.
Everyone has knives these days.
According to Ilta-Sanomat, one defendant, Niko Simpanen, described carrying a knife because 'everyone has knives these days'. In Texas, an 18-year-old was sentenced to 25 years for aggravated robbery with an assault-style weapon. According to Daily Mail - News, prosecutor Tommy Coleman described that a harsh sentence can protect the community.
In Alta, a man was fined for shooting ptarmigan from a snowmobile, claiming he was searching for his dog, but the court rejected his necessity defense. A SNO inspector testified there was only one snowmobile track and no footprints. He lost hunting rights for two years.
In another case, a man claimed self-defense and sought acquittal, but the district court stated it is obvious he must have realized the blow could be fatal and was indifferent to this. His lawyer has not yet decided whether to appeal.