The psychiatric experts, Gunnar Johannessen and Kirsten Rasmussen, on Tuesday presented their report on the accused man (40) after the Nav murder last year. On 20 September last year, the man killed Marianne Amundsen during a user conversation. The experts have examined the defendant since November last year, and believe he suffers from simple schizophrenia and delusions – Simple schizophrenia is a rare condition. And we have little knowledge of rare conditions, says Johannessen to news. The accused man has previously received psychological health care, but was not undergoing treatment when the murder occurred. Photo: Jon Bolstad / news The diagnosis is a form of schizophrenia, and is characterized by the development of negative symptoms over time, including lack of energy and clumsiness. Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is usually a serious, long-term mental illness. People with schizophrenia occasionally have delusions, thought disorders or hallucinations. These are called “positive” symptoms. The disease is also characterized by “negative” symptoms. During this period, one can feel flat, indifferent, joyless, lack facial expressions and struggle with concentration. The problems often lead to social withdrawal and impaired social functioning. Source: Health Norway, NHI Thought he had children who don’t exist At the same time, the defendants believe they have gradually developed delusions. According to witnesses, the man is said to have shouted “My life is over, my children have been taken from me” after the murder. Police investigations show that this child does not exist. According to the first expert report, the prosecution believed that the defendant had to be considered insane. The accused man showed up for a user interview. At the start of the meeting, he pulled out a knife and attacked. Photo: Nav Årstad But after the second report they came to the opposite conclusion, namely that he was criminally sane. These two reports have been quite similar, according to Johannessen. No obvious reason for the action When the experts went through their findings, they could not point to an obvious reason why the defendant acted as he did. He has no history of violence, and the delusions only last for brief moments. On the day of the murder, he bought a ticket, took the light rail to Danmarks plass, before turning up at the office at the agreed time. He himself has explained in court that he was insane. – Based on what you have observed. Is there anything that can explain the murder, or the reasons for it, asked the judge? – No. There will be speculation, and I will not say anything about that, replied Johannessen. He denies that the man was psychotic or delusional during the murder, which means that he ends up in an emergency legal situation. One possibility is that he has suddenly misunderstood something that was said, or got “messed up in his mind”. A Nav employee was stabbed to death in Bergen on 20 September 2021. Photo: Marit Hommedal / NTB – Answers we didn’t understand carried by Johannessen emphasized that this case has been difficult. In court, he told about a person who could answer simple questions well. But as soon as the conversations became long and the questions many, that changed. – Then there could be answers that we did not understand the meaning of, he said. During the observations, the accused could sit for many hours and look at a magazine, without turning the pages. This was defined as thoughtlessness. – Nothing in our findings has changed with how we have experienced the defendant here in court, Johannessen said. The defendant’s defender, lawyer Morten Grimstad, wondered if there was anything special that could have changed in the time before the murder. – No, there is nothing demonstrable. He has been with his family, which is not a stressful situation for him. When he was back in Bergen again, he went for walks, cycled in the city, and was at home working with the data, Johannessen replied. The defendant’s defender, lawyer Morten Grimstad, reviewed the man’s follow-up in psychiatry. He has not received mental health care since 2016. Photo: Leif Rune Løland / news Wanted instructions on how to behave The man only experienced mental health problems after he came to Norway from Libya in 2011. Since then, he has received psychiatric follow-up on several occasions. He has previously been admitted to a psychiatric hospital after an incident in 2015, where he threatened two women with a knife. The health assistance was ended in 2016. Grimstad presented extracts from the man’s medical records. There it emerged that he has struggled to integrate himself. He has been lonely and had suicidal thoughts. He has experienced people talking about him or looking critically at him in the street. At one point he is said to have said that he wanted a 1-2-3 recipe for how to be around other people. In this conference room, two Nav employees were attacked with a knife. One of the women survived. Photo: The police He has also had individual experiences of hearing sounds or voices in his head. But this passed. Because he had high expectations of himself in Norway, the defeat was great when he did not get a job. The accused man has not received mental health care after 2016. Psychiatrist Gunnar Johannesen believes that it was wrong to end the offer. – I think he needed follow-up. But it is a difficult diagnosis to make. Psychiatry has done nothing wrong. Nor the GP, he says.
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