He was indicted for manslaughter in a calm state of mind, committed and attempted, as well as illegal carrying and use of weapons
The 45-year-old is referred to the bench of the Mixed Jury Court to be tried, with the will of the competent Judicial Council Norwegian who last December killed a 32-year-old policeman with a knife and injured his friend, after a dispute over a trivial reason, inside a bar where they were having fun, in eastern Thessaloniki.
The judges of the Council of Misdemeanors Thessaloniki he is referred to a trial for manslaughter with intent in a calm state of mind, committed and attempted, as well as for illegal carrying and use of weapons, just like the criminal prosecution for which he was called to apologize to the 4th ordinary investigator of Thessaloniki and was adjudged a temporary prisoner with consent prosecutor.
Adopting the prosecution proposal, the Judicial Council it is ruled that the 45-year-old Norwegian acted with intent and in a calm state of mind, rejecting his defense claims that he was intoxicated or completely intoxicated and that he was attacked first by the two victims and a struggle ensued with them.
“He wasn’t drunk”
Evaluating the results of the psychiatric examination to which the defendant was submitted at his request, the Council considers that the conditions for the full removal – or significantly reduced – imputation are not met.
“If he was as drunk as he claims to be, the victims would certainly avoid him and not engage in dialogue with him, a dialogue that he would not have been able to carry out, just as he would not have been able to remember that he had a knife in his belt, to remove it and to use it to launch an attack on the victims, even hitting them in vital parts of their bodies”, the referral will reportedly state, while, among other things, reference is made to the testimony of the bar owner who, when examined, is said to have said that the foreigner had consumed only two beers and did not form the impression that he was drunk.
“What do you want us to fight about?”
The murder happened in the early hours of December 28, 2023 in a bar located on Katsimidis Street (next to the headquarters of the MAT Thessaloniki), where the 32-year-old EL.AS officer was having fun. with his company. Among the people in the group was his best friend, 33 years old today, who had a disagreement with the Norwegian, a patron of the same shop, over some unrelated and trivial matter. The friend asked the 45-year-old to stop, addressing him verbatim with the phrase “enough, what do you want us to fight?”, as the situation seems to have reached a breaking point.
Then, according to court documents, the defendant pulled out a black-handled “Push Dagger” palm knife, measuring 14cm in length overall and with a 7cm blade, which he carried in the waistband of his trousers, striking the 33-year-old in the upper front surface of the left thigh and in the anterior thoracic region, the APE BEE reported.
Holding his leg and in a state of panic, the 33-year-old wounded man started calling out to his friends, so the police officer, in his attempt to mediate, approached and punched the accused twice in the face, while he immediately headed next to the MAT facilities to call for help. Returning to the store – however – the police officer was stabbed by the 45-year-old in the left neck, as a result of which he fell to the ground, bleeding heavily, lost consciousness and eventually died.