SKIEN (Dagbladet): The prosecutor Kjetil Omholt holds their procedure in the case against the 42-year-old police officer who is accused of having abandoned Linn Madelen Braathen (33) in a helpless condition when she died the night of August 3 last year.
– I wonder if the defendant has Vaga-mayor as a role model, says the prosecutor Omholt.
prosecutor referring to what he perceives as a very systematic building of lies and misdirection ekspolitimannen served surroundings its about the relationship with Braathen and what happened on Brevikbrua the fatal night when my friend died.
While Omholt speaks to the court, sitting the defendant ekspolitimannen next defender Arne Lie and looking down at the table before him, with head propped in his hand.
Omholt concludes the procedure with their claim: Three-year jail minus 41 days of the time when 42-year-old in custody. He also wants ekspolitimannen pay court costs.
– Himself to thank
The charge carries a maximum of six years in prison, but Omholt seems therefore that half are appropriate.
– It may seem mitigating that the accused is dismissed from his job. If not it could be appropriate to say debarment of the job, says Omholt.
All the media coverage of the case may not seem mitigating such ekspolitimannen claimed in court yesterday.
– The defendant has even had a strong hand in the media coverage; he has helped to spread lies and speculation. He has himself to blame, says Omholt.
– Credibility zero
The prosecutor has step by step developed arguments to show Lower Telemark District Court that 42-year-old’s credibility “zero”, which he says. He believes the evidence – sexual conversations online, all the lies he told to his wife, police and relatives Bråthen – speak for themselves.
– If he had such good relations with his wife, why did he not tell the truth? Because he knew that if he told the truth about what happened on the bridge, he also had to tell the truth about your relationship.
Omholt is no doubt that ekspolitimannen and Braathen actually had a sexual relationship; the highly sexualized Skype conversation last week was presented in court, is central to this perception.
– Confrontation
The prosecutor believes that the evidence clearly shows that night when Braathen dead , took a very heated confrontation between the two on the bridge, which was about the relationship. It is supported by the many witnesses who testified about the angry voices and screams from Brevikbrua around the time when Braathen ended in the sea.
He says ekspolitimannen that conversation on the bridge went jovial for him, and that he may have shut out memories of yelling and screaming because of trauma after seeing Braathen jump to their deaths. It do not think Omholt something on.
– There was a critical situation that ended with the defendant left the Linn in the sea without helping her. Instead, he went home without notifying anyone. He let Linn lying around, regardless of condition, says Omholt.
He also witnesses who observed what looked like a confrontation on the bridge.
– Not anyone
He stressed that 42-year-old was no any cop, but rather a civil servant who got the best credentials and had been involved in challenging assignments, such as included suicide.
– We should be able to expect more of him in this situation, he said.
Omholt cites that ekspolitimannen had ample opportunity to alert the Braathens case – there is a plethora of residential building nearby, and he could have stopped a car that ran over the bridge.
– The truth is that he had very bad for what happened, he said.
Omholt says he recognizes the contours of a utilization ratio, where 42-year-old was the strong party and pushed Braathen to be in a sexual relationship with him for years, against her will – even after she was cohabiting with his best friend.
Wanted murder indictment
The police would have 42-year-old charged with murder, but the Attorney General did not agree, and the indictment reads instead of having left Braathen in a helpless condition, and for to testify falsely. Omholt support this decision.
– The police had reasonable grounds to frame him for murder, and instincts dictated it. But you can not trust your instincts – you must prove that the defendant kicked or pushed Linn off the bridge, and that he had killing intent. We have no information about.
Ekspolitimannens defender Arne Lie will later impose their claim – likely that he judged the mildest way, and just to have explained himself falsely.
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