The case in summary: A 38-year-old man was serving a five-year sentence for sexual assault in Bastøy prison when he tried to get hold of his ex-partner via the prison’s phone, despite a contact ban. From October 2022 to April 2023, he called his ex-partner over 140 times and tried to call over 200 more times, but dialed the wrong number. He also tried to make contact via social media, and two mobile phones were seized from him in prison. The man has now been sentenced to a further 90 days in prison, confiscation of the two seized mobile phones and has been banned from visiting his ex-partner for five years. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. The man became cohabitant with the victim in 2019. They lived together for two years, before the relationship ended when he was arrested in connection with assaulting her daughter. In 2022, he was sentenced to five years in prison and began his sentence in Bastøy prison. In the judgment, he was also banned from contacting the stepdaughter. The man contacted the victim’s sister and said he would contact the victim if he received leave, which he did not. The woman received a letter from the prison stating that he had applied for leave, and she then notified the police. The man was then also banned from visiting the woman. Called from prison But the man didn’t care. In the period between 26 October 2022 and 12 April 2023, he called her over 140 times from Bastøy prison. He thought the reason was because she owed him money. The woman answered the phone a few times, and in the background she could hear Polish or English songs about love. She also received voice messages with such music in the background, the judgment states. He also tried to call her over 200 times but was unsuccessful because he entered the wrong phone number. When the prison discovered this, the victim’s number was blocked. The man explained in court that he did not understand that the visiting ban also applied to telephone contact. The court does not believe that explanation. Made contact via social media From prison in June last year, the man clicked “like” on a picture of the victim on her profile on Instagram, via a mobile phone that the defendant kept illegally. A little over a week later, he also called her via Messenger twice. When the woman discovered this, she contacted the police, who searched and seized two mobile phones from the accused in Bastøy. The man is now serving his sentence for gross sexual assault in Bastøy prison and may be released on parole at the end of the year. After this, he will be deported to his home country. The man has been sentenced to a restraining order against the woman for five years, as well as imprisonment for 90 days and confiscation of two seized mobile phones, according to the judgement. The man’s defender, Jon Gunnar Christensen from the law firm Hasle, has spoken to his client on Wednesday. Jon Gunnar Christensen represented the 38-year-old in court. Photo: Magnus Torfoss – He has accepted the verdict, and will not appeal, he tells news. – The client has been sentenced for the conditions he acknowledged, which we believe are correct. The punishment was set in line with my claim. The prosecution wanted a higher penalty and that the client should pay legal costs, but this was not heard, says Christensen.
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