Sentenced to 15.5 years in prison for the murder of Renate (42) – news Vestland

This is confirmed by the man’s defender, lawyer Jørgen Riple, to news. – 15.5 years was far above what we both hoped for and worse than what we envisioned, so we are disappointed, Riple says to news. He considers it probable that the convicted person will appeal to the Court of Appeal. Prosecutor requested detention It was BT who first reported the verdict. The trial took place in Haugaland and Sunnhordland District Court earlier this month. Prosecutor in the case, public prosecutor Benedikte Høgseth, filed a claim in court for a custodial sentence of 16 years. In the case of detention, the convicts shall be re-evaluated when the detention period expires, and the prosecuting authority may then request an extended detention for up to five years at a time if it is considered necessary. “We are unsure whether a time-limited sentence is enough to protect society from new acts of violence by the accused,” Høgseth told news during the trial. THE CRIME: The woman was found dead on a road near Varaldsøy church. Photo: Roy Hilmar Svendsen / news Major head injuries It was at 20.40 on Thursday 22 April last year that the police were notified via AMK that a woman had been found dead on a road south on Varaldsøy in Hardanger. The woman, 42-year-old Renate Strand Normann, had major head injuries and the police quickly concluded that a criminal act had taken place. Shortly afterwards, the now 48-year-old man was arrested near where the woman was found. He claimed he acted in self-defense The prosecution believes the 48-year-old man killed the woman with a 1.8 meter long wooden stick. In court, the man admitted to beating her, but denied criminal guilt and claimed it happened in self-defense. – My client did not plead guilty to murder. Had he been convicted in line with his explanation, the correct punishment would have been around six years in prison, Riple says. DISAPPOINTED: The 48-year-old’s defender, lawyer Jørgen Riple, reckons that the verdict will be appealed. Photo: Synnøve Hole / news The 48-year-old and the killed woman were friends and had known each other for approx. one year, but should have quarreled just before. – This is not reminiscent of self-defense, but an attack in insane anger, prosecutor Høgseth said in court during his procedure. The district court writes in the judgment that it is in doubt that the 48-year-old should not be sentenced to detention. Normann’s family followed the trial and hoped the prosecutor would succeed in his request for a custodial sentence. – It’s incomprehensible. It’s so brutal. I hope he gets carried in and gets a security sentence. That he will not get 12 years in prison and then be out again after a few years, her father, Levi Normann, told news earlier this month. AT THE CEMETERY: Patrick and Levi Normann are the son and father of the murder victim Renate Strand Normann. Here at her grave at Husnes in Kvinnherad. Photo: Olav Røli / news



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