Man sentenced to prison after May 17 violence in Bergen – news Vestland

On the night of 18 May, a man in his 60s was beaten down in Strandgaten in Bergen. The video of the violence shocked Norway the day after National Day. The video shows that a man in his 20s first pushes two people he was out on the town with. Then the 60-year-old casually passing by enters the picture. After the incident, the man was prosecuted in Hordaland district court for one case of bodily harm and one case of bodily harm. In court, the victim explained that he was trying to “save people”. The man has confessed to the violence, and has now received his sentence. Accepts sentence The sentence of seven months’ imprisonment. He must also pay compensation of NOK 40,000 to the 63-year-old, as well as NOK 20,000 in compensation to the other man who was subjected to bodily harm. Defense attorney Erik Johan Mjelde tells news that he thinks it is the right sentence. – He was sentenced to seven months’ unconditional imprisonment for an act which he has fully acknowledged. The police wanted to submit a request for twelve months, and I think that is far too strict, based on the actual circumstances in that case, says Mjelde. Mjelde says the client will accept the verdict. – He has accepted criminal guilt. And has in many ways also bound himself to the fact that what the court thinks is right, he just has to accept that, says Mjelde. It was TV 2 that first reported on the case. See video of the incident here. news warns of strong images: A person apparently beats down several people in Bergen. Asked for one year in prison The prosecutor in the case, Camilla Lie, asked in the Hordaland district court that the man should get twelve months in prison after the violence. She also asked that two of these months be conditional. Defense attorney Erik Johan Mjelde said in court that there is no doubt that the act is serious. He nevertheless believed that it has an effect that the defendant has confessed, and that this should give a penalty discount of at least one month. Assistance lawyer Hilde Cecilie Matre says that the client is happy that the legal process is over and that the man was convicted. – Those who are offended in criminal law are rarely satisfied. But my client is familiar with the verdict and is satisfied that a result came so quickly, says Matre. Marked by acquittal in the gang-rape case In court, the perpetrator explained that he was marked by comments related to the much-discussed gang-rape case. The man was charged in the case, but was acquitted. The case provoked strong reactions. People were hanged with their names on posters in the street. A fake photo of one of those acquitted was spread on Snapchat. Defenders reported death threats they had received. The pressure surrounding the case was too much for the man convicted of violence, he explained in court. On National Day, he had been asked, among other things, whether it was he who was “the rapist”. In addition, the man had taken cocaine and drank alcohol. He claims he did not hit to hurt. – The fact that he didn’t kill me there was luck, said the aggrieved man when the case went to the district court. Police prosecutor Camilla Moe asked for a year’s imprisonment for the man, with ten of the months being unconditional imprisonment. Published 03.07.2024, at 13.55 Updated 03.07.2024, at 2:30 p.m



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