Appeal case in Northern Norway: Police spent 10 days in the car to drive prosecuted 5,268 km – Dagbladet.no

Appeal case in Northern Norway: Police spent 10 days in the car to drive prosecuted 5,268 km – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): The accused man would meet in Halogaland Appeal in Tromsø on 19 August, where the appeal of the judgment for the murder of his former in-law would be treated.

The case went both Tromsø and Kautokeino, and the man was imprisoned in Vadsø. In addition to the on-site inspection of the venue, a cabin in Gárggoluoppal. And yes, one of the cells was waiting in Alta. In total 5,268 km in a car for police officers.

It is clear this is hard beyond your budget. We can not budget for murder and such prisoner transports each year, said Sheriff Øyvind Lorentzen in Alta to Politiforum.no, who first publicized case.

Hit and there

The first man was thus Vadso to Tromsø. Because of fear of flying would not be the man to take the 45-minute flight. But when the police would run plan B on August 17, namely to put man on Hurtigruten, so would not the defendant go along with it.

– There are cells on Hurtigruten and possible to send some of it. But that day he was on the boat, we got feedback from the prison that the boat was not okay, says Lorentzen Dagbladet.

Then they had to drive the 800 kilometers to Tromsø. Prison officers in Vadsø drove him to Karasjok, where they met two officers from Kautokeino, which then drove the defendant to Tromsø for the appeal.

– When it comes to distances, we live in a completely different world than the southern exposure, says Lorentzen Dagbladet.

16 stretches 5,280 kilometers

But part of the appeal should also go in Kautokeino. After a week in Tromso, was the case a few days in Kautokeino, before it ended in Tromsø. In between there was also an inspection of the scene on the Finnmark plateau. Eventually the police had to drive 800 kilometers to get man back in jail Vadsø.

In total, covering 16 routes totaling 5,268 kilometers, according to the police’s own calculations.

Kautokeino sheriff’s office took care of the transportation, and had, according to Lorenzen close in nearly two weeks, because the officers were out on the drive.

– 5,268 km in the context of this trial, it is the pure madness, says Lorentzen.

And the bill for travel, salaries, food, hotel accommodation and unused tickets on Hurtigruten, arrived at 89,125 dollars.

– In the region that I am responsible for, so it’s not the world of money. But if you get several such cases in the size here, and often, as it affects the budget. I could have done a lot of good police work for the money, says Lorentzen.