Politician convicted of abducting daughter – VG

Local politician abducted his daughter and placed her in a homemade cell to deal with drug problems her.

Now he is sentenced to four month suspended prison sentence.

– Do I have to jail for this, so it does not matter. I am punished enough already, with all the rapture has brought with it for my family, it has now condemned local politician stated to Agderposten, who wrote the judgment first.

It was last summer that politician, along with two other men took his addict daughter in the 20s in a residence in Aust-Agder. In advance, he had built a cell to her who was only equipped with a bed and a lamp.

Wallpaper : Politician from Aust-Agder charged with kidnapping

the plan of the man was holding her daughter there for a few days, and these days he would try to persuade her to use the homemade cell as a starting point for detoxification.

– Have traumatized her

the Abduction happened by his father and the two his henchmen sought daughter, wrapped her and put a move above her head. Then she was carried away in the car and into the specially built cell. There she was handcuffed.

Although claimed her father that she went with him willingly, but her daughter told the court that she however tried to escape.

– I tried to run. But he held me down. He had finlandshette whatsoever, renders Agderposten daughter.

The day after the kidnapping Reviewed daughter father.

The Court: Did it not evil

SENTENCED: Local politician was convicted of abducting his own daughter.

Photo: Tor Erik Schroder NTB scanpix

the prosecution had submitted the claim to seven months in prison for the man, but Aust-Agder District court emphasized the extenuating circumstances of the case.

– as a mitigating circumstance the court emphasized that the defendant’s father was heartbroken by the life her daughter lived. Moreover, her daughter would not or could not get the help she in his opinion much needed. His action was, though the purely objectively applied aggrieved evil, not committed to such a purpose, it says in the judgment.

Local politician believes that he acted in necessity because his daughter, who are in their 20s years, have struggled with addictions and that he acted in an attempt to save her life.

– when I learned from the environment that she used drugs that could cost her life anytime, I had to do something he has previously stated to Agderposten.

Content with judgment

– We are pleased that she has been believed, and that the court has assumed how she has experienced the event. This has been very difficult for her, and she experiences the incident has traumatized her, says her daughter’s counsel, Arve André Larsen, told VG.

The woman has been awarded 40,000 in restitution. It has not succeeded VG to get in touch with the man or his defense counsel.

The verdict against the two other defendants fall later Wednesday.