– The fact that Jan Helge Andersen has the status of accused is an automatic consequence of the fact that a limited search has been carried out on him, as part of the investigation of the case complex. This is what the public prosecutors Johan Øverberg and Andreas Schei at the Oslo public prosecutor’s offices write in an e-mail to news. Secret searches VG first mentioned the accusation. The public prosecutors will not comment on what the charge is about. The new charge against Andersen includes the murder of Lena Sløgedal Paulsen, news is informed. The police are said to have wanted access to a PC from Jan Helge Andersen. The online newspaper reported on Tuesday that the police have carried out three secret searches at Andersen this year. The last one Andersen found out about the same day. Lawyer Svein Holden, who represents Andersen, confirms the searches to news. Lawyer Svein Holden, partner in Hjort. Photo: Tore Meek / NTB scanpix – I am informed about this. The police have carried out searches. And then Andersen has answered the police’s questions afterwards, Holden says to news. The case is still under investigation, and the public prosecutors emphasize that the prosecution has not taken a position on the question of guilt. Holden says the following to news about the accusation. – I have no comment other than that I think the accusation is a consequence that the police wanted to conduct a search of Andersen. Up to the Resumption Commission The case against Andersen must also be taken up by the Resumption Commission if new steps are to be taken against him for offenses for which he was acquitted in the 2002 judgment. Andersen and Kristiansen were sentenced in 2002 to 19 years and 21 years in prison, respectively, for rape and murder of the two girls in May 2000. The indictment against the two best comrades in 2001 was the same and involved murder and / or complicity in the murder of both the girls. The court concluded that there was not enough evidence to convict Andersen for the murder of the oldest girl. He said that Kristiansen suddenly and unexpectedly killed the girl. The court held that Andersen could have explained himself correctly on this point, that any reasonable doubt should benefit him, and that he could therefore not be convicted. SCENE: In the forest to the right in the picture in Baneheia, the two girls were found killed. Photo: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / news Luftfoto In February last year, the majority in the Re-admission Commission believed that the probative value of Jan Helge Andersen’s explanation had weakened. The case against Viggo Kristiansen was thus resumed a few months before he had served his sentence, and the Oslo Police District is still investigating the case. The readmission commission also believed that the DNA evidence against Kristiansen had been weakened. In the new investigation, several DNA findings have been made that originate from Jan Helge Andersen on Lena Sløgedal Paulsen. The findings may be compatible with an assault on the oldest girl, something Andersen has denied for all these years. Sweat and “blackout” In interrogation, Andersen has said that his sweat may have dripped on the spot and deposited DNA. Andersen also said that he may have “blacked out”, if he has abused both girls. Andersen has been questioned a number of times with status as a suspect. On June 20, he was questioned again in Oslo. And now he has a new status in the case. State Attorney Andreas Schei at the Oslo Public Prosecutor’s Office. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news – The status of the accused means that he has some special rights in the case. The case is still under investigation. The purpose is to shed light on the case in the best possible way. An investigation against Jan Helge Andersen will naturally also be relevant to Viggo Kristiansen’s position. The search does not mean that the police or the prosecuting authority have taken a position on the question of guilt and the further prosecution of the case, the public prosecutors write to news. Norway’s perhaps best-known defense lawyer, John Christian Elden, who has no role in the Baneheia case, has previously told news that charges could potentially be brought against Andersen for one more murder. – In that case, he can receive up to 2 years additional punishment up to the law’s maximum of 21 years. But that presupposes that the court is not only in doubt about Viggo Kristiansen’s criminal guilt, but that they consider it certain that Andersen is guilty, Elden said.
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