Admits murder of Kateryna (31) – news Vestland

He allegedly stabbed her 16 times with a knife in a hotel room at the Magic Hotel on Danmarksplass in Bergen. She was taken to Haukeland Hospital with critical injuries. After a short time she died from her injuries. On Thursday, the trial against the man started in Hordaland district court. The man nodded when the judge asked if he pleaded guilty. – She was afraid he The couple fled to Bergen from Ukraine at the start of 2023, together with their son. Shortly after, Kateryna wanted a divorce. The defendant did not want that. – There has been a high level of conflict between them. She has been subjected to violence and threats and was afraid of him, says prosecutor, state attorney Sigurd Åsnes Granli. Before the murder, the couple picked up their son from daycare. They then had dinner together at a restaurant on Danmarks plass. Earlier in the day, the man is said to have retrieved a kitchen knife from the hotel he was staying at. He must have carried it with him in a black sack. Brutal murder Shortly after they arrive at the Magic Hotel in Solheimsviken, the man commits the brutal murder of his wife. Several of the stab wounds she is subjected to are fatal. The man eventually called for help, and told several people he met that she had inflicted the stab wounds on herself. It doesn’t match the injuries she sustained. Their child was in the same building during the murder, but did not witness the act. PLANNED: Public prosecutor Sigurd Åsnes Granli believes that the accused man planned the murder. Photo: Synne Lykkebø Hafsaas / news – Admits that he is the perpetrator Around a month before the murder, he is said to have threatened to kill her over the phone. He is said to have also sent photos of him sewing his mouth shut and cutting his hand. The man initially pleaded not guilty. But after several interrogations, he turned around. The man’s defender, lawyer Per-Erik Gåskjenn, says that it took some time before his client understood that he had committed the murder. – It may seem that he has blacked out, he says. – He acknowledges that he is the perpetrator, that he has caused her death. He has admitted intentional murder, says Granli. However, the prosecutor believes that the man planned the murder. – The murder is planned. It was committed on purpose, he says. BLACK OUT: The man’s defender, lawyer Per-Erik Gåskjenn, says that his client blacked out during the murder. Here he is together with counsel for the bereaved, Ellen Eikeseth Mjøs, during the trial in Hordaland District Court. Photo: Synne Lykkebø Hafsaas / news – Desired security and a better life The couple first lived in separate rooms at the hotel in Solheimsviken, which functioned as an asylum reception centre. Eventually the defendant moved from there. – She wanted to establish herself here. She wanted security and a better life, says welfare lawyer Ellen Eikeseth Mjøs. The child is being well looked after by child protection in Norway after the murder, says Mjøs. The defendant has been examined by forensic psychiatric experts. The background was the actions he took in the time before the murder, and the health care he received then. – There was a need to clarify his psyche, says Granli. The experts concluded that he is criminally sane and that he can be punished. DESIRED SECURITY: Assistance lawyer Ellen Eikeseth Mjøs says that Kateryna Kozhoma wanted to establish herself in Norway. – She wanted security and a better life, she says. Photo: Synne Lykkebø Hafsaas / news Hi! Did you think of anything when you read? Or do you have something on your mind that I should write about? Feel free to contact me. Published 12.09.2024, at 09.42 Updated 12.09.2024, at 13.29



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