52-year-old gets 12 years in prison for having shot and killed his wife – Aftenposten

Only the two were present in the living room when the fatal shot was fired Saturday 9. January at home at Gran in Hadeland. Therefore, Gjøvik tingrett only his word for what was said.

A unanimous right is come to that he shot to kill, and that he has adapted the explanations their as he was known with the police’s findings during the investigation.

you love with a course came to an end when she asked him to fetch the kids while she made the taco. Then he had everything picked up the gun her for brushing the this in the kitchen. In order to hear better what she said, he has explained that he went into the living room with the skarpladde the rifle in his hands, and says that the shot went off accidentally.

the Woman (42) was hit in under a half meter distance, and died instantly.

Alerts full appeal

In the Gjøvik district court said skogsarbeideren that he thought it was perfectly okay that the spouse through nearly 20 years had found himself a new girlfriend and would be moving out. He was neither disappointed or annoyed, he explained in court.

This stands in strong contrast to what the 52-year-old previously said to two of his cousins. To a he said that women who were unfaithful, one could only kill, while to another he said that if his wife went from him, he would take the life of her, cut her up in pieces and dig her down in the forest, so that no one found her again some time.

– We will provide a full appeal to the court of appeal. Sentenced is disagree with the judgment, when he all the time have claimed that it was not an intentional, but just a negligent action, ” says defender Harald Stabell.

Stabell believe the prosecutor’s claim about the 13 years ‘ imprisonment was in line with the case law given that his client was convicted of felony murder.

the 52-year-old admitted guilt for manslaughter after he fired what he says was a vådeskudd, but this he was not believed on by the court.

– A thorough judgment

attorney general The Chr. Grounded got the green light for all its arguments:

the Prosecution is satisfied that the district court in a thorough judgment has followed our view of the evidence in the case, says the prosecutor.

the Ruling states that the 52-year-old had intended to take the life of his wife.

– In the lower normalskikt

The experts concluded in his report that 52-year-old was sane, and his intelligence is located in the lower part of the population’s normalskikt.

This did the defendant heavily on when the matter went in Gjøvik district court the last week of October.

He said several times that the family meant everything to him, and that he was very concerned about how it would go with the children ahead.

“the Court has held that the defendant acted in effect and that his low level of skill have been instrumental to that he acted as rashly as he did”, states the verdict.

Each of the children tilkjennes reparation and compensation for the loss of the breadwinner on the 615.167 money, while the deceased’s parents each receive nok 200,000. In addition, he is doomed to cover his wife’s funeral with about 70.000 nok.

Tingrettsdommer Pour Rolstad writes that it is aggravating that the kids in practice been deprived of both their parents.