– I think what it looks like here is relevant to the question of whether one or two perpetrators must have transported the girls. That’s what Jan Helge Andersen’s defender, Svein Holden says. The Gulating Court of Appeal was currently on inspection where the two girls were found raped and killed in Baneheia in connection with the appeal against Andersen. The court went a round of about 5.5 kilometers and around 20 people participated. Andersen was not present during Monday’s inspection. Time points and distances will be the great focus during the inspection, and on Monday the court has been at the scene where the girls were found. The scene is located by a small pond that when the killings happened was a marsh with vegetation. The clothes of the girls were found in a small dam on the east side of the pond/marsh two days after the killings. Points B and C are marked as the place where the girls were found killed. Photo: Anne Skifjeld / news sore doubts about the number of perpetrators defending Holden believes the court has benefited greatly from the inspection. Holden explains that the scene investigators have suggested a possible road that the girls may have been transported, from the place they were killed to the place they were found. – The most important thing is that the court gets to see the individual sites that are important in the course of events, and overall get an impression of distances here, he says. Holden believes that with a different understanding of the time and distances, the perception that there was only one perpetrator may change. The girls bathed at 3rd Stamp in Baneheia just before they were raped and killed on May 19, 2000. Viggo Kristiansen was convicted of the wrongdoing against his own girl, but Kristiansen was pointed out by the court as the principal. Andersen admitted guilt and was sentenced to 19 years in prison. Kristiansen denied criminal charges and received 21 years in custody. Viggo Kristiansen was acquitted in 2022 in the case. It triggered an unreserved regret from the then Minister of Justice Emilie Enger Mehl (Sp). After the acquittal of Kristiansen, the murder of Lena Sløgedal Paulsen stood unresolved. In 2024, South Rogaland District Court convicted Jan Helge Andersen to two years in prison for the murder of Lena Sløgedal Paulsen, and stated that Andersen was guilty of both killings and that he acted alone. Andersen denies criminal charges and appealed the case to the Court of Appeal. The appeal is now being dealt with over five weeks in Gulating Court of Appeal in Bergen. Key evidence in the case is Andersen’s own explanation, DNA findings and telecommunications data. Viggo Kristiansen is acquitted. He is called in as a witness in the appeal against Jan Helge Andersen. The Court of Appeal will also hear diplomas from investigators, crime technicians, forensic and girls’ parents. Denies criminal charges Jan Helge Andersen is charged with abuse and murder at Lena Sløgedal Paulsen. He denies criminal charges for this. In its judgment, Sør-Rogaland District Court believed that it was proven that Andersen alone killed both Lena Sløgedal Paulsen and Stine Sofie Sørstrønen (8) in Baneheia. From then on, Andersen has served a judgment of 19 years for abuse and murder on Stine Sofie Sørstrønen (8). At the scene, Holden talked to Attorney General Alvar Randa. Randa says the conversation was about what Andersen has explained in relation to where he placed when the assaults of the girls took place. – The prosecuting authority has a perception of where Andersen has stayed, also Holden has a different view of it, says Randa. Jan Helge Andersen put a paper in front of the PC screen when video from the scene was shown earlier during the trial. Photo: Correction of Ane Hem / NTB witnesses on Tuesday – seen from Jan Helge Andersen’s point of view, I believe that the inspection does not give any obvious answer that he should not have been able to perform the rapes and killings alone. This is what Viggo Kristiansen’s assistant lawyer, Brynjar Meling told news. He believes that seeing the scene and walking the route in Baneheia is therefore limited in court. Brynjar Meling is a lawyer for Viggo Kristiansen. Photo: Geir Ingar Egeland / news Kristiansen is a central witness in the appeal against Jan Helge Andersen. Andersen stands by his claim that Kristiansen helped kill and raped the girls in Baneheia on May 19, 2000. Kristiansen was acquitted in 2022 for the killings. He will explain himself as a witness in the Gulating Court of Appeal on Tuesday. – He’s going to answer the questions he has to answer, says Meling. He states that Kristiansen looks forward to finishing explaining. – He is a acquitted and innocent man, says Meling. Actors, defense and assistant attorneys were on inspection in Baneheia. Photo: Anne Skifjeld / news The evidence One of the evidence that acquitted Kristiansen was his movements and the Teledata May night in 2000. Crimean technician investigates in Baneheia after the killings in 2000. Photo: Torbjørn Bergersen / news Kristiansen received and sent a total of four text messages in the time period 18:37. The judgment from the South Rogaland District Court states that the wrongdoing happened between 7pm and 8pm. The phone to Kristiansen was then linked to a base station that did not cover the scene. The acquittal judgment from Borgarting Court of Appeal states that this is underpining Kristiansen’s explanation that he was not on the scene. Teledata evidence is also difficult to reconcile with Andersen’s explanation of Kristiansen’s participation in the criminal offenses. Borgarting Court of Appeal also stated that DNA findings on the girls did not prove the theory that there were two perpetrators, an explanation Andersen still stands by today. Hope at the period The parents of both girls follow the trial in Bergen, and are clearly marked. Mette Yvonne Larsen is a lawyer for Lena’s parents, while lawyer Håkon Brækhus represents Stine Sofie’s parents. During the inspection, only Klara Sløgedal of the survivors participated. The assistance attorneys have been clear that the case is a huge burden for the parents, who hopes that the 25 -year criminal case will now get a judgment. Published 28.04.2025, at. 16.23
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