8 June 2023 at 17:41 Dagbladet: The Attorney-General sharpens the indictment against the police officer in the Kongsberg case The Attorney-General has now intervened and expanded the indictment after the police violence in Kongsberg, writes Dagbladet. The policeman is now charged with grievous bodily harm, according to the newspaper. In the endorsement from the Attorney General, which NTB has access to, First State Attorney Runar Torgersen writes that in his assessment, the Attorney General “has placed particular emphasis on the extent and nature of the violence”. – We take note of the Attorney General’s decision. Extension of the indictment does not change the facts of the case. My client does not plead guilty, he believes he used force within the scope of the service, says lawyer John Christian Elden to the newspaper. He is the policeman’s defender. On the night of Sunday 30 October, two men were subjected to several blows with a baton and the fists of a police officer. Prosecutor Marit Oliver Storeng, who is also head of prosecution investigations in the Bureau of Police Affairs, would first give the policeman a subpoena. It was changed by Terje Nybøe, head of the Bureau for Police Affairs. He accused the police officer of bodily harm. Now the Attorney General has changed the charge again to aggravated assault. The toughening of the indictment against the policeman means that he could receive a prison sentence if the court finds him guilty.
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