The murder took place in the father’s home on Sør-Tromsøya in Tromsø on 1 July last year. The son stabbed his father 34 times with a knife in the head, chest and neck. One of the stabs severed the internal carotid artery, and the father died shortly after due to haemorrhage. When the trial began on August 15, the man pleaded not guilty. The young man was, in the judgment, declared insane at the time of the act, and the court concluded that he lacked culpability for the crime. He is sentenced to pay compensation to his father’s other survivors, but still retains the inheritance. The verdict was handed down in the Nord-Trom district court on 29 August. Photo: Jørn Inge Johansen Several witnesses The murder took place on Friday 1 July 2022, when the defendant and the deceased, who was also his father, were in a serious argument. The tragic event culminated, according to the judgement, with the defendant attacking his father with a knife, causing him several stab and cutting injuries, and the deceased died shortly afterwards from loss of blood. Several of the neighbors saw or heard parts of the incident, and several of them called the police operations centre. Clips of the phone calls were played during the trial, and some of the neighbors testified. In a recording between the operations center and one of the neighbours, the neighbor said that they had observed a stabbing, and that they saw the deceased. They described him as badly injured, and later lifeless. Alleged self-defence During the trial, the defendant admitted that he had committed the murder, but claimed emergency guardianship. He claimed that he was attacked by the deceased before he defended himself. The court thoroughly considered the evidence presented, including audio recordings of an emergency phone call and video evidence of the incident. After the incident, the man was taken to the emergency department by the police, and was quickly forcibly admitted with the conclusion that the man was psychotic with delusions. The expert psychiatrists who testified during the trial concluded that the defendant suffered from paranoid schizophrenia at the time of the act and had a serious failure in his understanding of reality and his ability to function. The prosecution has assessed that the man was not sane at the time of the murder, and therefore submitted a claim for compulsory mental health care. The murder took place in the home of the man’s father in July 2022. Photo: Erlend Koppergård Sentenced to compulsory mental health care The court also concluded that the defendant was insane and lacked culpability for the act. Based on this conclusion, the court sentenced the man to compulsory mental health care. The sentence was based on the assessment of the risk of recurrence, the state of mind of the defendant and the need to protect society. The court considered compulsory mental health care to be the only real treatment option for the defendant, as his lack of insight into his illness and social isolation made him a potential danger to himself and others. Don’t lose the inheritance In the prosecution decision, a claim was also made about loss of inheritance rights. It was not followed by the district court in Tromsø. He must also pay a total of NOK 600,000 in compensation to two family members.
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Son convicted of killing his father in Tromsø – news Troms and Finnmark
