Telemark district court has found the 29-year-old man guilty of murder, but the man is not sane. He has therefore been sentenced to compulsory care and must pay a total of NOK 350,000 in compensation to the family of the murder victim. The 29-year-old man told the trial that he was going to buy hashish from the deceased. Wanted hash In the middle of the day on Saturday 16 July 2022, the two men entered an apartment in Lundegata in Skien. Images from a surveillance camera show that the murder victim came running out just a few seconds later. He had then received a 12 centimeter deep stab wound in the chest. He managed to run across the street and into Lundeparken by Ibsenhuset, where he signed on. Not long after, he was pronounced dead at Telemark Hospital. The court states that the murder was unprovoked and that the reason for the 29-year-old stabbing was because he wanted a lump of hashish from the deceased. “Without warning, he grabbed a knife and stabbed the deceased with the knife so that he died,” the judgment states. Knife stab also the day before the 29-year-old used the same knife in the same apartment against an older friend the day before the murder. The comrade was stabbed in the hip, but was not seriously injured. He failed to report the stabbing. The man accused of murder was with two others when he was arrested a few hours after Slåtta’s murder. All three were charged, but the police checked the other two out of the case and dropped the charges against them. Lawyers Henrik Nikolai Bliksrud and Kristina Davidsen at Elden Advokatfirma are defending the 29-year-old man. Lawyer Henrik Nikolai Bliksrud is one of the 29-year-old’s two defenders. He has not yet decided whether to appeal the verdict. – We have received the verdict and we will study it more closely, says Bliksrud to news. – How is your client now? – Have also received the judgment. He is happy that the case has ended in court, says Bliksrud. Lawyer Ranveig Sem has helped the deceased’s family after the murder. She does not want to comment on the verdict. Photo: Nils Fridtjof Skumsvoll / news Lawyer Ranveig Sem has been legal aid for the family of Ben Thomas. She says she has not spoken to her clients and that she therefore does not want to comment on the verdict. The 29-year-old must pay a total of NOK 350,000 in compensation to the deceased’s family. Just before the trial was to end, it was adjourned. The experts were asked to carry out further examinations of the 29-year-old, who has been diagnosed with “severe mental retardation”. However, the additional examination did not lead to changes in the experts’ perception of the man, but the violence risk assessment is considered to be stronger than was initially assumed. The prosecution therefore requested that the 29-year-old be sentenced to compulsory care and has been upheld by the Telemark district court.
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Man sentenced to compulsory care after the murder of Ben Thomas in Skien – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio
