One April evening last year, Renate Strand Normann (42) was found with major damage to a road on the island of Varaldsøy in the Hardangerfjord. The police quickly concluded that something criminal had happened. The 42-year-old moved to the island about a year before the murder. This was to get away from a stressful environment on the mainland. On Varaldsøy she met the accused. Dei to vart vener. – Yes, she has had her problems through. But the last gongs we met, she seemed very nice, says her father Levi Normann. ON THE RIGHT TRACK: The family tells that Renate Strand Normann moved to Varaldsøy to get away from a stressful environment. Defendants also bid. Photo: Gerd Johanne Braadland / news – A robbery murder Next week, a 48-year-old man in Haugaland and Sunnhordland district court will meet. He is charged with the murder of the 42-year-old woman. The prosecution believes he has slain Renate intact with a wooden stick that was 1.80 meters long and several kilos heavy. – It’s incomprehensible. It’s so brutal. It is a predatory murder that has happened here, says the father. He does not put anything in between when he tells about the murder case. The father knows how the daughter was killed, about the extensive head injuries she was found with. – When the trial starts, I will have eye contact with the accused so that he recognizes me, he says. FOUND OUT: The murder of Renate Normann took place outdoors. There she was found with major head injuries. The murder weapon must be a stick almost two meters long. According to news’s experience, it will be a fence post from a property. Photo: Roy Hilmar Svendsen / news Dreiv gravferdsbyrå Normann portrays himself as a person who does not show so many feelings in public, and who often shuts them in. At the same time, he acknowledges that grief is there, and that he has many thoughts about it. – I have thoughts. But I do not want to elaborate on them very much, he says. Grief and death have also been a big part of his life. For four years he ran a funeral home in the municipality. He has arranged and taken care of many funerals at the churchyard where he had to bury his own daughter last year. – We arrange flowers and decorate the church before the funeral. That was nice, he says. KILLED: Renate Strand Normann was only 42 years old. Photo: Olav Røli / news He also knows the parish priest in the municipality well. Therefore, the father knew that something was wrong when the priest and the churchwarden stood at the door at half past one at night, right after the daughter had been found dead. – The wife asked if it was the oldest or the youngest, says Levi today. – It is the youngest, the parish priest must have answered. FUNERAL: It was the father and sister of Renate Strand Normann who decorated the church before the funeral in May last year. Photo: Eli Bjelland / news The son: – It sank in the stomach They were soon notified of the son of Renate, Patrick Normann, who lived in another town in the municipality. – I had just gone to bed when my grandfather called and said I had to open the door. When I came out, they said my mother was dead. – How do you receive such a message? – It sank in my stomach, I think. But I do not know what to say. There is no right or wrong way to receive such a message, he says. CONFIRMATION: Here are Patrick and his mother taking pictures in connection with the confirmation. Photo: Private Did not get an answer on Snapchat Sonen sensed before he went to bed this evening that something was wrong. Mora was active on the Snapchat service, and always responded quickly. This evening she had posted a video on the “story” to which he reacted. It was in the vicinity of the defendant’s home, and showed, among other things, a dog and a hen. The mother asks the defendant a strange question in the video, the zone thinks. – I asked her about that video, what happened? But Patrick never got an answer. Her position on the phone was also standing still. – The position on the snap map was similar to the position where she was found dead, he says. The now murder suspect was quickly arrested by the police and charged with the act. Nectar guilt The defendant’s defense lawyer, Jørgen Riple, says that the man denies guilt. – He will elaborate on the rationale for this during his explanation, says Riple. Former employees, the defendant has said it was an accident. When the trial starts in Haugesund next week, the son Patrick hopes that the accused will explain himself truthfully. – The least he owes me is to tell me the truth, says the son. DRAWER: The defendant’s defense counsel, lawyer Jørgen Riple, says that the man denies guilt. He is at the same time disappointed that old cases are being taken up. Photo: Synnøve Hole / news Unsure whether a fixed-term sentence is enough The prosecution has withheld a detention sentence for the accused. – We are unsure whether a fixed-term sentence is enough to protect society against new acts of violence from the accused, says public prosecutor Benedikte Høgseth, who is the prosecutor in the case. In addition to the charge of murdering Renate, the 48-year-old is also charged with violence and threats against his former cohabitant. This must have taken place over a six-year period. In between, he should have a snowshoe with an ax. – My client is very affected by what has happened. She thinks it is very heavy and frightening to have to appear in court, says lawyer Hilde Cecilie Matre, who is an assistance lawyer for the other woman. CONSIDERING PRESENTATION: The prosecution and public prosecutor Benedikte Høgseth have withheld detention for the murder accused. Photo: Odd Arne Olderbakk / news Defender: – He is surprised Several times she reported the man to the police. But the cases were dropped. Only when Renate was killed was the investigation recorded that. It was natural and right of the police to take up the old cases against the former sambuar, says Høgseth. Riple says that his client is disappointed, but that he feels confident that the court will consider the evidence in a justifiable manner. – He is amazed at the allegation of detention. We hope that the evidence will substantiate that detention is not required, he says. The father of the murder victim Normann has his thoughts on what he expects from the trial. – I hope that he will be caged in and get a security sentence. That he does not get 12 years in prison, and then is looking for a few years left, he says. GOING TO HAUGESUND: The family is going to Haugesund to follow the trial after the murder of their daughter, mother and grandmother. Photo: Olav Røli / news
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Renate (42) moves to Varaldsøy to get used to life – even up as a murder victim – news Vestland
