The background for the Bureau’s investigation is cases in the media. The Bureau has obtained documents and will carry out interrogations by the police in Agder. news was able to report on 17 February this year that the Oslo police district investigated unknown allegations of abuse against Jan Helge Andersen, which concerned abuse committed before the Baneheia case. The Special Unit has now started an investigation by the police. – There has been an assessment from May onwards in June, and we have come to the conclusion that we are investigating a certain part of what is connected to the Baneheia case, which relates to what has been discussed in the media about Jan Helge Andersen a case from 2009, and how the police district has dealt with it. It has an impact on how the Re-admission Commission and the prosecuting authority will process the case. Halvor Hjelm-Hansen in the Bureau. Photo: Håkon Jacobsen This is what Halvor Hjelm-Hansen, Head of Prosecution Investigations in the Special Unit for news, says. – We relate to the fact that the prosecuting authority, i.e. the state attorney, believes it has significance for the Readmission Commission, says Hjelm-Hansen. Police Chief Kjerstin Askholt in the Agder police district writes in an e-mail to news that they are aware of the special unit’s investigation. – We think it is right to have such an investigation in such a serious case as the track fence case. All conditions must be clarified, including this one. It is important for legitimacy. Andersen charged again Earlier this summer, it became known that Jan Helge Andersen has been charged again. In 2002, he was acquitted of the murder of Lena Sløgedal Paulsen (10). As he has been acquitted, the case must go through the Re-admission Commission if it is to be taken up again. Now Andersen is charged again for this murder, after having served 19 years for the murder of Stine Sofie Sørstrønen (8). A large period of time is being investigated The Bureau is investigating the period from 2009 until the last readmission process started. It resulted in the resumption of the case for Viggo Kristiansen a year and a half ago. – It is a question of whether the state prosecutors in Agder have become aware of it. We will then follow up on how employees in the police and prosecution have dealt with the fact that it was a case from 2009. In connection with the latest request for reopening, the prosecution insisted that the case against Viggo Kristiansen should not be reopened, even though the police had received a report and the victim was later paid victim compensation. In the police statement, the following was said about Jan Helge Andersen: “There is no information that Andersen has previously abused either adults or children, or that he has behaved threateningly or violently. He is also not described by anyone as aggressive, sexually explicit or as particularly interested in underage children.” Kjerstin Askholt, Chief of Police in Agder police district Photo: Per-Kåre Sandbakk / news Chief of Police in Agder Kjersti Askholt did not want to comment on news’s case this winter. The police chief later said that the state prosecutors should have found out about the abuse charges against Baneheia convict Jan Helge Andersen.
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The Bureau investigates possible service errors by the police in the Baneheia case – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
