Charged with aggravated extortion in Trondheim – terrified in prison – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio

The man charged with aggravated extortion will be remanded in custody for a further four weeks. This became known in a prison meeting on Wednesday and was based on the risk of evasion. It was Adresseavisen that reported the case first. The 20-year-old is one of 12 people charged in a kidnapping and extortion case. It was in March that the son of a Norwegian artist was kidnapped. The artist was pressured for money and threatened that the son would be killed if he did not pay out this money. Wants to change prisons – is terrified In the notice it is written that the detention is undoubtedly a strain on the accused. – Sikta has told that he has been threatened by other inmates and that he wants to change prisons because he is afraid of other inmates, says the notice from the district court. It also appears that the court provides that the security of the person concerned will be taken seriously during the detention period. – Refers to the notice from the district court. I have no comment beyond this, says Bente Bøklepp, responsible for the prosecution, to news. Blackmail linked to the Foxtrot network – The police believe that the deprivation of liberty and blackmail case from May in Trondheim is linked to the Foxtrot network in Sweden, Bøklepp told news last week. Bøklepp further explains that the connection to the Foxtrot network comes from information that has come to light in the investigation. – We cannot give details now, this information will appear in court. The development is very worrying for society and this threat must be taken seriously, she says. From the new knowledge it emerges that the suspect has had contact with persons in a network with great potential for violence. Having traveled to Turkey, the 20-year-old has explained that he is being threatened to take part in these events, and that he is terrified. – The person who believed he has now traveled to Turkey, it says in the notice. The court believes that this flight shows that in the case there is both the will and the ability to leave the country to avoid punishment. – And that the threats against the target from this network consist in the fact that they still have to threaten the target in prison when they were in the same ward. The 20-year-old’s lawyer, lawyer Marius Oscar Dietrichson, says he has no comment on the case.



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