Now the trial starts after the motor show at Bjerke race track in Oslo – Greater Oslo

The case in summary: The trial against a father and his son, who were charged after the motor show accident at Bjerke in Oslo, has started without the two of them being present. The authorities have not been able to get hold of the defendants, and their whereabouts are unknown. Five people were injured in the accident, which happened in April 2022. The father is accused of failing to take safety measures during the show, while the son is accused of negligent driving and breach of the Road Traffic Act. Even if the defendants do not appear in court, the case will be tried and they can be sentenced without having been present. If they are sentenced to prison terms, it is the correctional service that must try to find the two. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s ​​journalists before publication. The trial has already been postponed several times because the authorities have not been able to get hold of the father and his son. On Monday, the trial started anyway – without the two on the dock. – They have not met in court. They have been legally summoned and have so far chosen not to come. This is according to the police prosecutor in the Oslo police district, Tone Bysting, who represents the police in the case against the two Germans. – Do you know if they are in Norway or Germany? – We do not know where they are, says the police attorney. – Is it common for this to happen? – It is not usual for the accused not to appear, but it does happen. We are still running the trial. The audience was sitting in this stand when the accident happened. Photo: HÅKON MOSVOLD LARSEN Five were injured It was at Bjerke in Oslo on an April day in 2022 that around 800 people gathered to watch so-called monster trucks drive around and do tricks in a car park. Behind the show was German Daniel Klaas, and his then 21-year-old son Dean Klaas. Then things go wrong – the car the son is driving suddenly reverses at full speed to the side and crashes into the stands. Five people are injured. A woman gets her legs broken. The grandson sat 20 meters away James Raymond Salvador was on the show with his seven-year-old grandson. They were sitting approximately 20 meters from where the car drove into the stands. – It could just as well have skidded towards us, he says. Salvador says he thought the event was going to take place on the racetrack and not in the parking lot. He became concerned when he saw how little the area between the cars and the public was secured. – There was no significant protection between the cars and where the audience sat. It was a small, thin plastic band and some cones. James Raymond Salvador says that there was no significant protection between the cars that drove and the public. Photo: Rushda Syed / news – Obliged to show up The father is charged with lack of safety measures during the show, while the son is charged with negligent driving and violation of the Road Traffic Act section 3. news has tried to get a comment from defender Truls Haldorsen. He has not responded to our inquiries. Bysting explains that even if you are legally summoned, you will not be punished for not appearing. – They are obliged to appear, but when they are not in the country and we cannot get hold of them, there is an opening in the Criminal Procedure Act to proceed with the case without the defendants. The consequence is that they lose the right to give evidence directly to the court, and that they can be sentenced without having been present. On Monday, the trial began against the father and son who have been charged following the accident. Photo: Fouad Acharki / news If they are sentenced to prison terms, it is the correctional service that must try to find the two. – Then you have to take a new round of how to possibly get hold of them. We have good cooperation agreements with other European countries, explains Bysting. As the two have disappeared, the police do not know how the father and son stand up to the charges. On Monday, most of the witnesses explained themselves, and on Tuesday several witnesses will testify. In addition, evidence is reviewed. Published 13.08.2024, at 09.47 Updated 13.08.2024, at 09.48



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