OSLO: Proper-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 folks in Norway in twin assaults in 2011, on Tuesday (Nov 19) requested a courtroom for parole for the second time, a request extensively anticipated to be denied.
Underneath Norwegian regulation, the 45-year-old is allowed to hunt conditional early launch yearly after having served 10 years of his sentence.
His first parole request in January 2022 was denied, with the courtroom concluding there was a “clear danger” he would resume the behaviour that led to the Jul 22, 2011 assaults.
“He is asking for parole, however that is not so possible,” his lawyer Oystein Storrvik informed AFP forward of the three-day listening to that opened Tuesday.
Breivik appeared sporting a black swimsuit and tie and carrying an indication with a number of political messages.
He has additionally used his previous court appearances to precise extremist views.
In a quick assertion to reporters earlier than proceedings acquired underway, Breivik mentioned: “If I’m given an exit alternative sooner or later, I will probably be an amazing assist to the Norwegian state, and that is one thing I take very critically.”
“Alternatively, I can hold my mouth shut for the remainder of my life. However that is as much as the decide.”
Requested by a reporter whether or not he regretted his 2011 actions, Breivik replied: “I’ll speak about that in my clarification.”
He was sentenced in 2012 to 21 years in jail, on the time Norway’s harshest sentence, which could be prolonged so long as he’s thought-about a menace to society.
He has been held other than different inmates in high-security amenities for greater than 12 years.
“We wish the courtroom to contemplate his development, he has a proper to … develop and have higher residing situations so he can have some type of future,” Storrvik mentioned.
“UNBRIDLED VIOLENCE”
In February 2024, Breivik misplaced a lawsuit introduced in opposition to the Norwegian state through which he argued that his prolonged isolation was a violation of the European Conference on Human Rights, which prohibits “inhumane” and “degrading” remedy.
The state argued that his strict, but snug, situations have been justified because of the “excessive danger of completely unbridled violence”.
On Jul 22, 2011, the right-wing extremist set off a truck bomb close to authorities workplaces in Oslo, killing eight folks, earlier than heading to the island of Utoya, the place disguised as a police officer he shot lifeless 69 folks, principally teenagers, attending a Labour Social gathering youth-wing summer season camp.
He mentioned he killed his victims as a result of they embraced multiculturalism.
Storrvik mentioned exterior psychologists had carried out a complete analysis of Breivik for the primary time in 12 years, and would current their 109-page report back to the courtroom.
Storrvik declined to reveal its conclusions however mentioned: “I feel it may be helpful for us.”
Prosecutor Hulda Olsen Karlsdottir informed information company NTB the report had not modified her thoughts.
“The brand new analysis has not modified the prosecution’s view on the difficulty of his launch,” she mentioned.
Throughout courtroom hearings earlier this 12 months, Breivik said he was depressed and hooked on Prozac, at instances breaking down in sobs.
The date for the courtroom’s ruling has but to be set.
