Indicted after the New Year’s murder in Haugesund – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio

A British man in his 20s is charged with the murder of Kjetil André Østhus on the night of 1 January this year. According to what news learns, the state attorney will submit a request for compulsory mental health care. An expert report must have concluded that the accused has a diagnosis that entails insanity. – I don’t want to comment on how my client reacts to the indictment, but he denies any criminal responsibility for the incident, says defense attorney Ole Magnus Strømmen to news. news has been in contact with the public prosecutor in Rogaland, with whom the case is pending, but has not yet received any comment. Doubts about saneness Advocate for the bereaved, Benedicte Storhaug, says that the family of Østhus is happy that the indictment is coming now. Although it has taken some time. – It has been almost a year since the murder, and there has never been any doubt that there would be an indictment for murder. The bereaved had hoped for a main hearing before Christmas. They are dreading the trial and it will be difficult to go through, says Storhaug. Benedicte Storhaug is legal aid for the family of Kjetil André Østhus. Photo: Thomas Halleland / news According to Storhaug, the prosecution makes an emphatic reservation that the prosecution has doubts as to whether the defendant is sane or not. Therefore, a request for detention can also be made, according to Storhaug. On the night of 1 January this year, the police received a report that a man had been stabbed outdoors in Presthaugveien in Haugesund. The man was 28-year-old Kjetil André Østhus. He died on the spot. Supposed to have happened after an argument The murder is said to have happened when the deceased and his friends were out to set off fireworks: According to the Court of Appeal, the murder must have happened against the background of a fireworks argument. Now a British citizen in his 20s has been charged with the murder. The trial starts in Haugaland and Sunnhordland District Court on 16 January next year.



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