– The client does not plead guilty, says defense attorney Geir Jesinsky to news. The 30-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday morning, charged with murder and complicity in the murder of Jonas Aarseth Henriksen. – He woke up today shocked and was arrested. He disagrees with the charge and says he has nothing to do with the murder, says the lawyer. – Will let the police do their job The man agrees to be detained in isolation for two weeks. Defense attorney Geir Jesinsky after the questioning of his client. Photo: Lokman Ghorbani / news – He does not agree because he is guilty, but so that the police can do their job without him being able to influence anyone, says Jesinsky. – He does not know the deceased Jonas Henriksen, he has only read about the case in the media. According to the lawyer, a five-hour interrogation must have taken place on Wednesday. – A good amount of time was spent on the questioning because he wanted to answer all questions as best he could. He wants to cooperate with the police. He also tells news that there will probably be more questioning of the accused. It has been over a month since Jonas Aarseth Henriksen was found murdered at a cabin on Nes in Ådal. Photo: PRIVAT Supposed to have been on a trip together The lawyer says that the other accused 28-year-old is an old acquaintance from ten years ago, with whom he only had contact again recently. They must have been on a trip together this summer. – What is clear is that the two have been on a trip around the area prior to the murder. He has been with the defendant in the time before the murder, but not when the murder allegedly took place, says the defender. The accused says he was at home on 17 August, and that he had an alibi when the murder happened. – Including neighbors and others who can confirm that he was at home at the time of his death. There was a specifically named person who is said to have been visiting him when the murder happened, says Jesinsky. Tip news’s crime group: Do you have information about this case or other crime cases? Contact news’s crime group. You can tip us off by e-mail or through news’s encrypted notification service. Here you can tip us anonymously. We also treat all tips confidentially, in line with the Vær varsom poster’s rules on source protection. Believes he has changed environment The defense attorney says that his client has previously been part of an environment that committed a number of illegal activities, but that he has changed environment. – As far as I know, he has not been in contact with the police for four years, says Jesinsky. The two accused have previously been sentenced in the same case. In 2019, they were convicted of aggravated theft when, together with several others, they stole an armory with weapons and ammunition. – Undramatic arrest The person concerned is charged with murder or complicity in murder, said police inspector Odd Skei Kostveit in the South-East police district during a press conference on Wednesday. – It is a complicated picture of evidence. This means that we cannot rule out more arrests in any way, explains Kostveit in an interview with news after the press conference. The arrest took place on Wednesday morning in Elverum in the Innlandet police district. The 28-year-old man, who was previously charged with murder after Jonas Aarseth Henriksen (30) was found dead in Nes in Ådal on 17 August, has still not been questioned.
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