In the Tina Jørgensen case, the police have now sent their recommendations to the state attorney, reports Sør-West police district. That means they are done with the investigation. – The next of kin have been informed of our proposal, but we do not wish to comment on its content. The background is that it is now up to the public prosecutor to make his assessment before the public prosecutor makes a final decision, says police inspector Unni Byberg Malmin in the press release. Police inspector Unni Byberg Malmin in the South-West police district. Photo: Odin Omland / news news receives confirmation that the police will drop the case. It was VG who reported this first. Lawyer Stian Kristensen is defending the man charged with the murder. – First of all, my client is relieved. It is as expected, because there has never been a basis to charge or indict him in this case, he says to news. Lawyer Stian Kristensen. Photo: Odin Omland / news The family will wait news has been in contact with Torunn Austdal Rasmussen, who is the mother of Tina Jørgensen. She says she doesn’t want to comment. Legal aid attorney Kjersti Jæger will also wait to comment on the case. – The case must be assessed by the state attorney and possibly forwarded to the attorney general, then we will have to wait and see what happens. We have had a good dialogue with the police throughout the investigation, she says to news. Tina Jørgensen was found murdered on 26 October 2000. She had then been missing since a city trip in Stavanger a month earlier. In September last year, the police announced that a man in his 50s had status as a suspect in the case. He was later charged in the case. The same man is also charged with the murder of Birgitte Tengs in 1995. Evidence was thrown away In the Tengs case, DNA evidence was decisive for the police being able to investigate the murder further. The police, on the other hand, lack evidence in the Tina case, because this was thrown away. – We would have liked to have the fitting that was thrown away, because it is clear that there is development in technology. But we are unsure whether that would have led to us being able to get DNA out of it today, police inspector Malmin told news last year.
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