Rune Breili sentenced to prison for 90 days – news Vestfold and Telemark – Local news, TV and radio

Rune Breili was charged with having given incorrect and misleading information to the municipality in connection with two cottage projects within the 100-metre belt in the beach zone on Tjøme: Per-Kåre Sandbakk Renovation to 27 million In Neholmveien there were plans for renovation to 27 million kroner. Økokrim believes that Breili failed to apply in the correct way in order to have it built as the cabin owner wanted. The project never came to fruition. Philip Hofgaard Got too big In Havnaveien, larger buildings were built than were permitted. Økokrim believes that the application papers do not match what was actually designed or built. The cabin is owned by the comedian couple Pernille Sørensen and Dagfinn Lyngbø. Rune Breili was responsible applicant. Aksel Xavier Rustad Has taken the witness box A total of 15 witnesses have been called in the case. On the list we find, among other things, a number of professionals and representatives of Færder municipality. Comedian Dagfinn Lyngbø is a cabin owner and has been in the witness box. Now the Agder Court of Appeal has sentenced Breili to prison for 90 days. He was also sentenced to the same sentence in the district court, but appealed to the Court of Appeal, where the case was heard in November. In the trial, Breili said that he has never tried to deceive the municipality or done anything illegal. – We were very aware that illegalities would be punished and we therefore tried to maintain a high level of professionalism. I still have practice at Tjøme and cases are still taken on delegation, Breili said, among other things, in the Court of Appeal. He has previously served a nine-month sentence for corruption. – Breili does not understand the seriousness Økokrim has in the legal system lashed out at Breili’s lack of understanding of laws and regulations in the beach zone. They believe Breili, with his long experience, should know better. – I am not aware of any more serious case concerning infringement of the Planning and Building Act than this case. This is what state prosecutor in Økokrim Hans Tore Høviskeland told news when the case went to the Court of Appeal. He believes the judgment shows that it is important to provide correct information to the planning and building authorities. Not least when it is built in the beach zone. – This also applies to architects, says Høviskeland. – The verdict is in accordance with our claim. We believe the sentence is at the right level for that type of offence. In full agreement Økokrim claimed that Breili stretched the rope far to appease wealthy cabin owners on Tjøme. Because it ensured his company good income. They have thus been fully upheld in the judgment. The Court of Appeal writes, among other things, the following about the decision: – Strong public preventive considerations dictate that there must be a strict reaction to the deliberate and planned undermining of the Planning and Building Act’s trust-based system for the distribution of work between the authorities and the actors in the building case. Breili’s lawyers have dismissed this and pointed out that Breili has been involved in construction matters at Tjøme for several decades and that he has hardly had any negative spotlight on him. Lawyers Thomas Skjelbred and Tormod Tingstad asked the Court of Appeal for a full acquittal for Breili. Published 12/12/2024, at 10.04 Updated 12.12.2024, at 10.28



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