Man in his 40s convicted in the Court of Appeal for the murder of Marianne Amundsen – news Vestland

The Gulating Court of Appeal upholds the judgment from the Hordaland district court, and has today concluded that the sentence of 21 years’ detention will stand. It was on 20 September 2021 that Abdella Ahmed Haji attacked Marianne Amundsen in a user conversation at Nav’s office in Årstad in Bergen. He came to the room with a bag on his back. He had a knife in his bag, which he pulled out right after the meeting started. Within 29 seconds he had stabbed the two with a total of 45 stab wounds. Amundsen was killed in the attack, while Aulin was stabbed and survived. Marianne Amundsen was killed at work at Nav Årstad’s premises in Bergen in autumn 2021. Photo: Ole Myklebust Amundsen – The knife comes very quickly. The look was icy cold. The darkest thing I have seen, Aulin has previously explained in court. Before Christmas, the defendant was sentenced to 21 years in custody for the murder. Believes he is mentally ill Hordaland district court said, among other things, that the attack has taken away the safety of the Nav employees. The defendant himself has always maintained that he was mentally ill at the time of the murder, and that he should not be sentenced to prison. Instead, he wanted compulsory mental health care. This was also the meaning of the prosecution until just before the trial in the district court. Then they change the indictment by order of the Attorney General. The defendant has always claimed that he remembers nothing of the act. State prosecutor May Britt Erstad has submitted a request for 21 years’ detention after the murder of Marianne Amundsen in Årstad in 2021. Photo: Synne Sørenes / news Defense counsel asked for the mildest possible treatment When he was sentenced to detention in the district court, he appealed the verdict further to the court of appeal. – I think he is mentally ill, said the man’s defender, lawyer Morten Grimstad, when the case was appealed. This was repeated when the appeal started in the Gulating Court of Appeal in mid-August. In his procedure, Grimstad asked that the client be treated in the gentlest possible way. The prosecution put down the same claim as in the district court, namely 21 years’ detention. The Court of Appeal has now concluded. The defendant after the Nav murder believes he was mentally ill and that he should not be sentenced to custody. Photo: Jon Bolstad / news



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