DNA that can be linked to the 52-year-old accused has been found in a bloodstain on the tights Birgitte Tengs was wearing when she was killed. Defender Stian Kristensen believes the DNA can be volatile. This means that it has got on the pantyhose via another person or object. – Yes, it can happen indirectly, either via other people, objects or common meeting points. There are many possibilities for that, he says. Kristensen has also pointed out that one of the police officers who found Tengs had questioned the accused 52-year-old six weeks earlier. According to the prosecution, the DNA from the defendant must have got on Birgitte’s tights via bloody hands or saliva. Kristensen says the defendant has no explanation for how his DNA ended up on Tengs’ tights. The defendant has no idea – I think he will be allowed to explain himself about that when he explains himself in court on Wednesday. But he has no clear idea of where it might come from. The 52-year-old has always denied guilt. He says he has nothing to do with the murder. The murder of Birgitte Tengs Birgitte Tengs (17) was found murdered near her home in Karmøy on 6 May 1995. Two years later, Tengs’ then 19-year-old cousin was convicted of the murder of his cousin. The cousin appealed and was acquitted the following year in the Court of Appeal, but he was also sentenced to pay compensation to Tengs’ parents in a civil case, where other evidentiary requirements apply. The Agder Court of Appeal overturned the verdict in November 2022. The murder is still unsolved. In 2003, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg sentenced the Norwegian state to pay compensation to the cousin because the compensation judgment went too far in assuming that the cousin was guilty. In 2015, new interest was created in the case both through a book publication and through VG’s podcast “Unsolved”. In January 2016, the Birgitte Tengs case became the first case taken up by the new cold case unit in Kripos. On Wednesday 1 September 2021, the police arrested a man in his 50s from Karmøy who was charged with the murder. The prosecution, for its part, believes that the DNA cannot have been deposited by anyone other than the defendant. The DNA is therefore the strongest evidence the prosecution has, according to prosecutor Thale Thomseth. The prosecution, for its part, believes that the DNA cannot have been deposited by anyone other than the defendant. Photo: Marthe Synnøve Johannessen / news – We think everyone is familiar with the fact that it is this one piece of evidence that is the central, and the main, piece of evidence. And then it is important for us to communicate externally that even if we talk about other evidence, it is after all the DNA evidence that alone can lead to a conviction, she says. news’s crime commentator Olav Rønneberg believes that the most important thing for the defense of the accused 52-year-old is to cast doubt on how the DNA ended up on the tights of Birgitte Tengs. – This is where the battle lies – They must try to sow discord about the DNA evidence and clarify doubts where doubts can be clarified. And now there is a particular question as to whether the DNA could have gotten into Birgitte Tengs’ pantyhose in any other way than during the act of murder. That’s where the battle stands. news’s crime commentator Olav Rønneberg believes the battle will stand whether the DNA could have gotten into Birgitte Teng’s pantyhose in some other way than during the act of murder. Photo: news – Are there doubts? – In any case, there is a doubt that the defenders will point to. They will claim that it may have gotten on Birgitte’s pantyhose before the murder took place. They will point out that errors may have occurred at all the laboratories over the years. While the prosecution, for its part, seems quite certain that this DNA discovery can only have arrived there when Birgitte was killed. For defender Stian Kristensen, there have been no surprises from the prosecution so far in the trial. – The prosecutor’s office had an introductory presentation that was actually neat and well presented. Then there are things that the defenders disagree with and believe there is no evidentiary coverage for. But there are no surprises in this, he says.
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Defendant in the Birgitte Tengs trial wants to cast doubt on the DNA discovery – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
