During the investigation after the murder of Bård Lanes, the police brought in undercover agents who spoke Portuguese. They pretended to be criminals to get information from the 23-year-old. In police parlance, it is called infiltration. TV 2 has previously written about when they later flew the 23-year-old to Tromsø, took him into a hotel and served him alcohol in a meeting with the secret agents. Vestfold district court decided before the trial started in March that this evidence could not be used against him. The reason was that using conversations between a defendant and foreign undercover agents would destroy his right to a fair trial. The public prosecutor appealed the decision to the Court of Appeal. They have now overturned the district court’s decision. – The decision will be appealed, says the 23-year-old’s guardian Øystein Storrvik to news. Therefore, the public prosecutor had to drop the evidence against the defendant in the Lanes case Recorded conversations The conversations with the 23-year-old were recorded, translated into Norwegian and contain a number of details about what should have happened before the murder of Lanes – and a possible motive, after that news is informed. – I think it is good that the court draws a line here. This is an area that is unregulated and in many ways unclear where the boundaries actually go, so it is a matter of great importance. And it is important that the legal certainty of a defendant is safeguarded, said Storrvik, to news when the decision came from the district court. news is working to get a comment from Storrvik after the Court of Appeal has now overturned the district court’s decision. The 23-year-old is together with three others charged with the murder of Bård Lanes. The police believe the 23-year-old had a role in planning or knowing that Lanes was going to be killed.
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The Court of Appeal believes evidence in the Lanes case can still be used – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
