– We basically treated him as we would have treated others in the same situation. There is no discrimination here, claims unit leader Frode Larsen to news. He adds: – What is special about this case is of course him as a person and the police’s extended responsibility for security around the Royal Palace and the members of the royal family. In recent days, the audio recordings from the Oslo police’s meeting with Marius Borg Høiby have attracted attention. Se og Hør has published several recordings from the conversation. Two police officers met Høiby at home in Skaugum, to talk to him about the environment they believe he hangs out with. Unit leader Frode Larsen Photo: Simon Solheim / news Wanted to give him information that he was in the “wrong environment” Larsen believes the police often have such conversations, with the starting point of finding out whether it is possible to prevent “something”. The police have previously confirmed to news that the audio recording was not made by them. They have also confirmed that the deputy police chief was briefed ahead of the conversation. According to Larsen, it is routine for the deputy chief of police to be briefed. He further says that the initiative for the conversation came from those who work with the environment in question. – We had a general concern. We had no ulterior motives for the conversation other than trying to extend a hand. We had a genuine desire to give him information that he was in the wrong environment. Furthermore, Larsen says that it can represent an increased security risk to be in environments that the police associate Høiby with. Preventive calls are an input the police can use to connect with aid agencies, explained PhD student at Oslo Met Pernille Erichsen Skjevrak to news on Wednesday. – It can also be a form of making people who are considered to be on an unfortunate track accountable. The conversation can also function as a type of warning in itself, Skjevrak said on a general basis. Charged with threats Earlier on Wednesday, SV’s justice policy spokesperson Andreas Sjalg Unneland described the recordings of Høiby’s conversations with the police as disturbing. – It is not unusual for the police to have calls of concern. But what makes this case special is that it oozes class justice, he said. Unneland thinks “it stinks” of this case. – We must have confidence that the police treat exit boys in the same way as young people in Oslo East. So if here you give special treatment to people because they have power and positions, it is serious, said Unneland. In August, Marius Borg Høiby was charged with bodily harm, damage and threats after an incident in his ex-girlfriend’s apartment on Frogner in Oslo on the night of 4 August. In September, he was banned from visiting the offended woman. Høiby was arrested at Jansløkka school in Asker on Sunday 4 August, and was held in custody for several hours. Later, Høiby’s ex-girlfriends Julianne Snekkestad and Nora Haukland have come forward with their experiences in relation to Høiby. Both women have been offended in cases of violence in close relationships, but Høiby does not have status as the accused in these cases. Published 11.09.2024, at 14.53 Updated 11.09.2024, at 15.18
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