news meets the man who has been called “Norway’s most dangerous” in a visiting room in Ullersmo prison. – I have to tell who I am and what I have done. And then I hope that chapter is finished, says convicted murderer Stig Millehaugen in an exclusive interview. It is from behind the prison walls that he has written the book “Gjerningsmann”. He denies that the book is an attempt to present himself in a better light. – I don’t get out of this badly, no matter how you look at it, he says to news. Admits contract killing The 53-year-old is now serving a 21-year prison sentence for the murder of Young Guns leader Mohammed “Jeddi” Javed in January 2009. He was also convicted of attempted murder against another Young Guns member who was in the car when the gang leader was shot dead . BURNED OUT: The Young Guns leader was found dead in this burnt out car. Millehaugen has been convicted of the murder. Photo: Knut Falch / Scanpix Through two rounds of court, Millehaugen denied criminal guilt. In the new book, he admits to having carried out the murder on order, but claims that the verdict is wrong. – The first thing that can be established straight away is that I actually shot Mohammed Javed. But it happened somewhere else, and the crown witness had a different role in the case than what the court has assumed, says Millehaugen. Claims the crown witness is lying It was one of the leaders of the rival B gang who ordered the murder. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. When the contract killing was dealt with in court, the police’s crown witness was the man who was in the car with Millehaugen and Javed. The three drove in the same car to Haugerud in Oslo. In a car park, Millehaugen is said to have shot Javed, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, with a shot to the back of the head. JUDGED: Stig Millehaugen (in the middle) in court in 2012, when he was sentenced to 21 years in prison. Photo: Berit Roald / NTB In court, the murder was described as a pure execution. The crown witness says he fled the car after Millehaugen fired the fatal shot. He ran to a nearby gas station and called the police. In the book, Millehaugen writes that the police’s crown witness was involved in the planning of the murder. Millehaugen denies that he tried to kill the gang member after “Jeddi” was shot. According to Millehaugen, the murder took place on Tvetenveien, while the car was moving. The 53-year-old believes the technical evidence in the case supports his explanation. ARRESTED: Millehaugen was arrested shortly after the murder in 2009. Photo: Nyhetsspiller / news – Without the crown witness, the state would have no case at all, then everyone would have gone free. When we sit on the prosecution bench, there are two of us. There should have been three people there, but the third person was the crown witness, he says to news. The police in Oslo do not wish to comment on the information Millehaugen provides in the book. Sidra Bhatti is the lawyer for the man whom Millehaugen now accuses in connection with the murder of Haugerud in 2009. Photo: Alexander Nordby / news Sidra Bhatti is the lawyer for the man who Millehaugen accuses in the book. – We relate to his conviction from the Court of Appeal where he was convicted for premeditated murder and attempted murder. Beyond that, further comments are not desirable, says Bhatti to news. Lawyer Petter Bonde is Mohammed Javed’s former defender. He also represented his family as legal counsel during the trial. Lawyer Petter Bonde has no comment on Millehaugen coming forward with the information, so many years after the murder. Photo: Alexander Nordby / news – I have not read this book, but I relate to the fact that it is Stig Millehaugen who has been sentenced for the murder of “Jeddi” and for attempted murder, he tells news. The murder of “Jeddi” Javed is the second murder Millehaugen has committed. In 1992, he killed a prison officer when he escaped from Sarpsborg prison. – Interestingly, news’s crime commentator Olav Rønneberg has read the book. He believes that what the 53-year-old writes about his own role in the Haugerud murder is interesting. – He goes much further than he has done in the past, but it is important to remember that this is Millehaugen’s version. We don’t know if this is the conclusion, he says. He believes that the information and allegations surrounding the murder should be of interest to the police, even if there is a conviction for murder in the case. – He believes the attempted murder he was convicted of was wrong. It may be in the police’s interest to investigate, he says. Admits record robbery On 28 December 1999, DNB’s counting center at Løren in Oslo was subjected to a shocking robbery. Armed robbers smash the front door with a stolen car. Inside the room, several shots are fired. The robbery itself was over in a few minutes. The masterminds disappeared with NOK 30 million. It is the largest money transport robbery in Norwegian history, but no one was ever convicted, and the record proceeds have never been found. The robbery was named the “Millenium robbery” PERPETRATOR: Stig Millehaugen tells news that he has spent close to 10 years writing the book about his life. Photo: Forlaget Press 30 MILLION: Robbers got away with NOK 30 million from the robbery of DnB’s counting center at Løren in Oslo in 1999. The robbery has not been solved, but now Stig Millehaugen claims that he was behind it. Photo: Fjeldstad, Knut / NTB scanpix In the book, Millehaugen claims to be behind it, and writes that the robbery plans were laid behind the prison walls. The robbery itself took place while he was on leave, and his share is said to have been NOK 4 million. He claims this is the last robbery he committed and that the money has been used up. – You didn’t get any higher than that as a robber, and then I was done with it, he says to news. Will be paroled Millehaugen has spent 35 of his 53 years in prison. He says that he makes those admissions in the book to put the old cases behind him. – If I’m going to move on in life, these things can’t come and bite me in the butt. It is better that it comes from me now than that someone else takes it up later, he says. Morten Furuholmen, Millehaugen’s long-standing defender, tells news that the client will apply for parole in the autumn. Morten Furuholmen is Stig Millehaugen’s lawyer. Photo: Even Bjøringsøy Johnsen / news Crime commentator Olav Rønneberg believes that one should not ignore the fact that Millehaugen has this court hearing in the back of his mind when he now publishes a book in which he apparently lays his cards on the table. He refers to what happened the last time Millehaugen was on his way back into society in 2009. – Then he committed another murder. If you put on the prosecutor’s glasses, you might think that it is not worth taking that chance again, he says.
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