Sunniva Borgen (23) was brutally killed with a knife in Åsane – accused boyfriend (30) explained himself – news Vestland

It was last September that Sunniva Borgen (23) was found badly injured in her own home in Åsane in Bergen. After a few days in hospital, she eventually died from her severe injuries. For the first time today, the public heard the ex-boyfriend (30) explain about the night the 23-year-old was killed. The accused man explained calmly and in detail what happened. – It darkened for me. It clicked completely, he said. It must have all started at a nachspiel. Sunniva was found badly injured in her apartment in Åsane on the night of 12 September last year. She died five days later from her injuries. Photo: Gerd Johanne Braadland / news Killed after bad mood at nachspiel Friends and family of Borgen were in the audience to hear how the accused explained why he killed his lover. This evening they met by chance at the pub Duggfrisk in Bergen. Later, there was a “bad atmosphere” at a nachspiel, including when he revealed a champagne bottle that was supposed to be a surprise. After there was pushing on the spot, the two went home together to Sunniva’s residence. The defendant explained that they argued when they got home. – There was a lot of anger and frustration that had built up. I couldn’t sleep because of it, he said. Sunniva Borgen and the defendant were at different vorspiel, but met by chance at the pub Duggfrisk in the center of Bergen. Here, the defendant is invited to a nachspiel for Sunniva’s friends. Photo: Valentina Baisotti / news Got angrier and angrier The 30-year-old explained that he got angrier and angrier when he was lying in bed. Finally he decided to confront her. According to the defendant, Sunniva said that he had ruined the evening and been rude to her friends. And this was what made him angry. First, he punched her repeatedly in the face. Before he retrieved the knife from the kitchen counter. – I stab her. Then she turns around. But I just keep going, the defendant said in court as he hiccupped. The family’s legal aid lawyer Beate Hamre and the man’s defender Torbjørn K. Sognefest during the trial. Photo: Synne Lykkebø Hafsaas / news Sent SMS: “Everything is fine now” After the nachspiele, Sunniva’s best friend sent several messages, asking her to call if she wanted her to come to her house. She wrote that she had a car and that she slept with her phone on. Sunniva replied reassuringly: “everything is fine now”. Prosecutor Eirik Stolt-Nielsen believes that the frequent exchange of messages shows that there was no ongoing argument between Sunniva and the defendant when they arrived at the apartment. But that anger built up inside the defendant’s head. The last thing Sunniva wrote was that she heard a noise. – The exchange of messages that goes on can indicate that it is relatively peaceful in the house, says Stolt-Nielsen. – Do you think that the defendant is explaining himself incorrectly? – No. The point was to show how easily he is provoked. It may indicate that he is a vulnerable person, and that it might not take that much to provoke him, he says to news. Prosecutor Eirik Stolt-Nielsen went through the communication on Snapchat and SMS between Sunniva Borgen and the defendant in the time before the murder. Photo: Synne Lykkebø Hafsaas / news – Not completely satisfied with life The defendant explained that he became depressed the year before after losing his job. He ended up drinking alone five or six days a week. And when he drank, he became angry with Sunniva, friends and family. – I was not completely satisfied with life, he said. The prosecutor went through the communication between Sunniva and the defendant on Snapchat and SMS in the time before the murder. The defendant wrote several angry messages at night. He called her a “whore”, and made accusations that she had been unfaithful. Claims she did not recognize herself in. He believed that he had more feelings for her than she had for him. Just one week before the murder, the defendant wrote to his GP that he became angry and acting out when he drank alcohol. Following the murder, Sunniva’s family has set up a fund to honor her memory.



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