– We will make a recommendation to the court that the defendant be acquitted. That there is no evidence beyond any doubt to convict him on the basis of the one, small discovery made on the pantyhose, says Stian Kristensen. Stian Kristensen defends the 52-year-old accused of murder. Photo: Øystein Otterdal / news He defends the 52-year-old man who is accused of killing Birgitte Tengs in 1995. The find Kristensen is talking about is the defendant’s DNA. It was found on Birgitte’s tights. The evidence was secured in 2002. At that time, the police were unable to find the 52-year-old. The sample has now been analyzed with new technology. – That is our surest proof. In addition, there are a number of supporting documents. Among other things, his missing alibi and his criminal history, says prosecutor Thale Thomseth. Prosecutor Thale Thomseth believes the DNA evidence is certain. Photo: Marthe Synnøve Johannessen / news The defendant has been convicted in several cases of violence and immorality in the 1980s and 1990s. He has both stolen and dressed in women’s clothes several times. In court, a female psychologist told that he tried to strangle her in 1990. Also then wearing women’s clothes. Already four days after the murder of Birgitte Tengs, he was tipped off as a mode candidate. – He has denied any involvement with this from the beginning. He sticks to that today, says Kristensen. The final battle Through nearly seven weeks in court, we have heard witnesses explain themselves. About Birgitte. About the accused. Birgitte Tengs’ cousin has testified. Although he was recently completely cleared of having anything to do with the murder of his cousin. The police have explained what happened at the scene after the murder. After 27 years, many people have forgotten a lot. But. All along, it has been the DNA evidence that has been at the center. It will also be in the procedures. – The battle is clearly about the DNA evidence. The parties’ interpretations of how safe it is will receive a lot of focus here. The defenders believe that it is highly doubtful, while the prosecution believes that it is certain proof that the defendant committed the murder of Birgitte Tengs. That’s what news’s crime commentator, Olav Rønneberg, says. The prosecution believes that a Y chromosome in a blood stain on Birgitte Tengs’ tights links the 52-year-old to the murder. Photo: Police Moduskandidaten He also believes there will be a focus on the defendant’s criminal history. – We have this perpetrator profile that the 52-year-old is built into. It will be exciting to see how far the prosecution is willing to go with these clues. Rønneberg believes most things are on the table after the weeks in court. Olav Rønneberg is news’s crime commentator. Photo: Ole Kaland / news – But there may be things that we have not been so aware of. Among other things, the prosecution can highlight parts of the defendant’s explanation which they believe are fabricated. That he has invented things to adapt the evidence in the case. Two days have been set aside for proceedings in court. The judges will then make their decision. A verdict is expected at the end of February. But time has already been set aside for an appeal case in the Gulating Court of Appeal in September 2023.
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Procedures in the Birgitte Tengs case in Haugesund – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
