The special unit investigates police officers for illegal search – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country

This is confirmed by the man’s defender, Wahid Shah, to news. The officers entered the man’s home to confirm the use and possession of drugs. This is a fine relationship. Both the man’s person and the car were searched without the officers finding anything. Then they decided, without contacting the police lawyer first, to enter his house. Less than a week ago, the appeal of the man, who was sentenced to 118 hours of community service, a fine of 75,000 kroner and confiscation of the driver’s license for one year, was processed in the Court of Appeal. Almost a kilo of cannabis was found in the man’s home, as well as equipment for growing. He himself has explained that he grows cannabis for his own use. The man was acquitted in the Court of Appeal, and all the judges agreed that the way the police found cannabis and equipment was illegal. The Court of Appeal: Violation of human rights A majority of the judges therefore thought, after almost two hours of discussion, that the evidence had to be thrown away. The verdict states that the search of the man’s home was a clear violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. The procedure was in line with what the police witness referred to as “current practice with the police”. Thus, the case is faced with a routinely illegal use of legal authority, where the police, based on established practice, do not make a real proportionality assessment in advance and do not ensure that a formal power of attorney is obtained “, the ruling states. The majority of the judges point out in the ruling that “such a practice is improper and reprehensible”. At the same time, the judges believe that it is not the relevant police officer who failed in the case. “The incident must therefore be clearly seen in the light of the fact that the police in a number of cases over a long period of time have not actively dealt with the limit for the use of criminal procedural coercion against drug addicts,” the ruling states. Prosecutor Hulda Karlsdottir has previously informed news that the prosecution will appeal the case to the Supreme Court.



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