Webjørn Jensen was convicted of the murder of Ole Aamodt in Bodø – will the case be reopened – news Nordland

On Wednesday, it became clear that 68-year-old Webjørn Kjetil Jensen will have his criminal case reopened. In 2012, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the intentional murder of Ole Aamodt at an address in Bodø. He has always denied guilt for murder, but he has admitted that he stabbed Aamodt twice in self-defence. – It has been a terrible strain to sit inside for 11 years. I have had the case on me since 2010. That’s what 68-year-old Webjørn Kjetil Jensen says in a longer interview with news. – I had faith that the Norwegian legal system worked, and that they would get to the truth, so I never thought in my life that I would be judged for something I had not done. Supposed to have confessed to murder But in 2018, something happened that would cause the case to take a new turn. In a police interview, a person is said to have told about a conversation with a female relative. She is said to have confessed to the murder a few months before she died. Now it turns out that several in the police have had a bad feeling in their stomachs after Jensen was convicted. In questioning with the Reincarnation Commission, both the investigator who questioned Jensen and the forensic technician stated that they had doubts. Superintendent of Police contacted the Superintendent of Police Ann Karin Fagervoll herself contacted the Reinstatement Commission after she became aware that the woman should have confessed to the murder. She was clear that the impression all along had been that the case had neither been fully investigated nor resolved, and that she could not understand that charges had been brought against Jensen. Fagervoll carried out almost all of Jensen’s interrogations. Webjørn Jensen was convicted of premeditated murder, although he denied that he had done it. He has completed an eleven-year prison sentence. Photo: Sondre Skjelvik / news news has been in contact with Fagervoll, who does not want to comment on the case, but in the decision of the Re-admission Commission it is stated that she felt that the convicted person was only to blame because the police were unable to find out about the case. She believes that they had nothing more to go on than Webjørn Jensen’s own explanation that he had stabbed Ole Aamodt twice. She doesn’t see how Jensen could be blamed for all the stabbings. According to the commission’s decision, the woman who later allegedly admitted the murder to a family member must have come up with many contradictions in the interviews she had with the police. The explanations were changed several times, and this confused the police. Among other things, she is said to have had various explanations for why blood from Ole Aamodt was found on her coat. She was uncooperative, and when the questioning became difficult and uncomfortable, she became weak and minded her own business. What she said also did not match other explanations or findings, according to the commission’s decision. One of the forensic technicians who investigated the case also believed that they might not have a full overview of the case. In questioning with the commission, he said that they were in doubt, and that there was a reason why they were. “They may not have had a full overview of the matter. In retrospect, arrests should have been made much earlier to ensure faster interrogation. More could also be done to secure the clothes more quickly, and before any of them were washed.” The woman’s defense attorney was surprised by the police Ole Martin Paulsen was the defense attorney for the woman who later admitted the murder. When questioned by the commission, he stated that he had never felt comfortable with the outcome of the case. He believes it was wrong that Jensen was sentenced. He would not have been surprised if his client had also been indicted and convicted. But he had expected the case to be dropped for all involved. At the same time, he was surprised that she was not questioned more thoroughly. – I am not aware of the decision to reopen the case. I was aware that the case was being considered by the commission and on that occasion I was questioned by the commission as a result of my previous role as defense counsel for one of the accused in the case. Otherwise, I have no comment on the decision, says Paulsen to news. He currently works as a police lawyer. Said he had used the murder weapon In police questioning and in court, Webjørn Jensen said that he had used what the police thought was the murder weapon. A bread knife. But later he denied this. He said he had used a knife he had in his pocket. – Why did you say you had used the bread knife? – I don’t know, I didn’t like to say that I always carried a knife. But I never used the bread knife, and neither were my prints on it. – But do you understand that the court believes that you did it when you say that you used the bread knife, and they believe that the bread knife was the murder weapon? – Yes, I understand that they thought so. But I wanted to protect the other person. Will not comment news has been in contact with the Nordland police district and asked a number of questions during the investigation of the case. The police will not answer news’s ​​questions at this time. This is what Stig Morten Løkkebakken, head of prosecution in the Nordland police district, writes in an e-mail to news. – The Nordland police district has been informed that the Reinstatement Commission has decided to resume the criminal case against Webjørn Kjetil Jensen. It is natural that, in this connection, questions are raised about the police investigation and the choices and assessments that were made during it. The case is now with the higher prosecuting authority, and it is they who decide what to do next in this case, and who will carry out a new investigation in the case if it is decided. We must therefore await their decision before we can enter into the case. Head of prosecution in Nordland police district Stig Morten Løkkebakken. Photo: Ola Helness / news



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