On Friday, a Norwegian was killed in Alicante on the south coast of Spain. His Norwegian wife is charged with the murder. The wife says she acted out of necessity, but the case is being investigated as murder. The couple’s children were present when the murder took place, and are said to have seen parts of the incident. On Monday, the eldest of the children was questioned in a court hearing in Spain, confirms the woman’s Spanish defender Juan Sánchez Otharán to news. – A farce news spoke to the accused woman’s brother after Monday’s court hearing. He despairs at how his uncle is treated in the Spanish legal system. – We sit and wait all day, and then they get an English interpreter for this young child who doesn’t know what to say, according to the woman’s brother. – It is a farce. I have never experienced the like, he says. news has asked the Spanish police for an answer to these accusations, but they do not want to comment on ongoing cases. The brother is now working to bring the children back to Norway. The woman’s Spanish defender, Juan Sánchez Otharán, supports her brother’s statement. – From my point of view, their legal certainty has been violated, he says. – A Norwegian interpreter was requested, but they wanted to give the son an English one. We protested because he is more comfortable with his mother tongue, but they said no. According to them, it was impossible, even though the woman had given evidence to a Norwegian interpreter two days earlier. Dissatisfied with the court, Sánchez Otharán believes the court does not take the case sufficiently seriously. – They are sticking sticks in the wheels, says the Spanish lawyer. According to the brother, the problems with obtaining an interpreter are just one of several situations where he feels his sister’s legal security is threatened. According to the brother, the court hearings have only started several hours into overtime. He also claims that the court has previously argued that the accused woman did not need an interpreter. According to the brother, the accused woman does not know Spanish. Claims it was self-defence Spanish police believe the murder occurred after an argument arose between the married couple in their 40s, and according to them the man must have been killed with a knife. The wife accused of murder called the police herself and reported the incident. In the telephone conversation, she claimed to have acted as an emergency guardian, Spanish police have confirmed to news. The couple lived in the area around Alicante in Spain. Spanish police have said she sustained multiple injuries during the incident, for which she has since received treatment. There is no question of life-threatening injuries. According to Sánchez Otharán, she has bruises and cuts on her face, as well as a cut on her arm that extends to the leg. news has tried to contact the deceased’s legal counsel, John Christian Elden, but has not received any comment at the moment. Photo: Annika Byrde / NTB Elden has told VG that he believes it is impossible for the survivors to comment on the allegations from the accused, because the person who could have testified against her is dead. – The police must investigate this further before the defender’s theory can be assessed, and we must see what can be deduced from technical traces. She is charged with murder, which means that it is most likely not an emergency guardian, Elden has told VG. Lawyer: – No criminal past The Norwegian lawyer Rolf Jacob Cappelen has previously assisted the accused woman in civil cases. He says they have only dealt with her work. According to the lawyer, the woman has not been involved in any criminal cases in Norway. – She has no criminal past, and has had no need for a defense attorney. In civil cases, I have assisted her, says Cappelen to news. He explains that most of the information he has got from the woman’s brother, who is in Spain now. Cappelen has not spoken directly to the woman after the murder, but has been authorized to represent the woman as her Norwegian lawyer. Cappelen explains that what he can contribute is limited, as it is a Spanish investigation. You can tip news’s crime group anonymously about this or other matters: The Norwegian Police has shared information The Norwegian Police confirm that they have shared information with the Spanish police, but will not go into what this information consists of. – Norway has a liaison officer in Madrid who has a close dialogue with the Spanish authorities and who ensures good contact with other Norwegian authorities, says senior communications advisor Axel Wilhelm Due to news. The Norwegian couple were in Alicante in Spain with their children. Photo: LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also confirmed that they are aware of the case. – We are familiar with the case, but cannot comment on individual cases due to the duty of confidentiality, said press guard Mathias Rongved in the Foreign Ministry to news before the weekend. Published 06.08.2024, at 17.16
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