The man in his 50s must appear in Oslo district court in mid-November this year, charged with threats against two other men. – He does not plead guilty, says the man’s defender, Karl Nicolai Vogt Skjerdal, to news. Afterwards, one of the victims has filed a report against the man, police attorney Maren Myklebust Moe confirms to news. – He has wanted to withdraw the report. Just because an indictment has been brought, does not mean that the case is automatically withdrawn from the main hearing. – Such things are not necessarily important for the case. If you have been charged, it will take some time before you withdraw the case from the court, if the evidence otherwise appears to be sufficient, says Moe. The two men have been acquaintances of the defendant, according to police attorney Moe of the Oslo police. – The case concerns two cases of threats against two different people who have been acquaintances of the defendant who allegedly owed him money, says Moe. “You’re done…” The man is said to have sent threatening messages to a man who owed him money over several months in the spring of 2022. “You’ll pay anyway and bleed”, “You’re done…” and “you’ll end up in a wheelchair before Christmas” are some of the threats described in the indictment. In addition, he allegedly threatened another man who also allegedly owed him money in January this year. “See you bloody fool. You pay me BEFORE the weekend. There are NO threats here. I guarantee is hell for you, [person] and [person] If YOU don’t fix everything,” he wrote to this man, according to the indictment. news has removed the names of third parties mentioned in the threat. The man is prosecuted under Section 263 of the Criminal Code for threats, which carries a penalty of imprisonment for up to one year. More interrogations – In all cases, threats in isolation are serious, and apt to cause fear in those who are recipients, says police attorney Moe. She will take the case to court in November. For the sake of the court case, she does not want to go into what the police believe is the background to the threats. – We are aware of a possible background for the threats, and this will be clarified during the main hearing, says Moe. Some of the threats have also been made orally, according to the indictment. Moe will not comment on how the police believe this should have taken place. Nor can she say how much money the man believes the two victims have owed him. – A number of interviews have been conducted and documentation obtained which is the basis for the indictment, says Moe, and explains that this applies to text messages, among other things. – Experiencing it as real threats Police attorney Moe says that there have been no appointed defense lawyers for the two victims. One of the aggrieved parties has nevertheless engaged Jorunn Hegle Hovda as his assistance lawyer on his own. Hovda tells news that her client finds the situation burdensome. – He contacted me because he has been exposed to serious threats and is worried about an impending main hearing and about appearing in court. He experiences them as real threats. According to the indictment, the defendant wrote messages to Hovda’s client that he had to remember “to lie with one eye open tonight”. Hovda has no comment on the defendant’s belief that her client owes him money. Previous criminal conviction The man has a previous criminal conviction. In 2004, he was convicted of spreading misleading information to lure investors into a company. In 2005, he was convicted of influencing witnesses in a criminal case against an investment company he co-owned. In 2020, he was acquitted in the Court of Appeal of having hired torpedoes to injure a fellow judge in a criminal case in 2012. Correction: After publication, it has It has emerged that one of the victims has withdrawn his report. Police attorney Maren Myklebust Moe explains that it does not necessarily have any significance for handling the case in court. The case was updated on 26 October at 16.52. Correction: Following publication, news has chosen to anonymize the accused for the sake of third parties. The case was updated on 26 October at 17.06.
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Previously convicted fraudster indicted for threats – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country
