The man has admitted to having taken the life of a British father of young children at a luxury hotel in Thailand in 2019. The Norwegian has been on the run in Asia for several years. Now, according to TV 2, he has returned to Norway to serve his sentence here. TV 2 wrote that they were informed on Friday that they had managed to get from Thailand to Paris with a fake passport. On Saturday, he is said to have boarded a flight to Norway. Ended up in a basketball match The man ended up in a basketball match with the British man when they were both staying at a luxury hotel in Phuket in 2019. The man has admitted that during the basketball match he choked the British man in his 30s. The Briton was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The man has claimed that the murder happened out of necessity. Wants a trial in Norway The Norwegian man was charged with bodily harm resulting in death and was released on bail of NOK 60,000. After the murder, he was supposed to appear in court in Phuket to consider the conditions for further bail, but did not appear. The man tells TV 2 that he has long wanted to come home to Norway and report to the police. He also tells the website that he wants a trial in Norway, and is willing to go to prison for the murder. TV 2 states that the man has now tried to get into Norway on his own.
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