According to the police, the husband must have regularly used serious violence against his own wife from 1995 to spring 2021.
Among other things, he allegedly cut her fingers with a knife, twisted her arm so that it broke, used pliers to squeeze her fingertips, broke her nose, held an electric jigsaw against her hand and cut her pubic hair.
According to the police, the husband must also have locked his wife out of their home both summer and winter.
Once she had to stay on the veranda overnight, and he refused her a blanket.
Put the wife in a sack
At Easter in 2021, he is said to have taken her down to the basement and put her in a sack which he taped shut before hitting her repeatedly with a metal rod.
He then left her alone in the dark for many hours.
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According to the police, the brutal use of violence peaked on 11 May 2021.
In the couple’s home in Oslo, the man is said to have first thrown a knife at his wife. He then stabbed her in the stomach with another knife.
She suffered extensive injuries, and according to the police, she would have been killed if she had not received life-saving treatment.
Believes the children were mistreated
When the woman entered hospital after the knife attack, doctors recorded 26 other injuries on her body.
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There were, among other things, swellings, scrapes, bruises and cuts which appeared to be of both recent and older date, according to the indictment.
In connection with the admission, the police started a major investigation.
In addition to the attempted murder with a knife, the prosecution believes that the husband has mistreated his wife for 26 years.
Their two children have also been subjected to extensive violence over several years, according to the indictment.
Among other things, he allegedly forced the children to help him mistreat their mother.
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The children are said to have also been beaten with an iron rod and a frying pan, in addition to being squeezed with pliers.
– High penalty
The husband’s defender Nils Christian Nordhus tells TV 2 that his client partially pleads guilty to mistreatment of his spouse.
– It is nevertheless the case that there is a large gap between the prosecution’s description of the criminal offense and his acknowledgment of what he has done, says Nordhus.
His client pleads not guilty to attempted murder and mistreatment of the two children.
DEFENDER: Lawyer Nils Christian Nordhus represents the accused man. Photo: Håkon Mosvold Larsen / NTB
– This will be explained in more detail in court, he says.
The prosecutor in the case, state prosecutor Aud Gravås, is tight-lipped before the trial begins in Oslo district court on Tuesday morning.
– The indictment concerns matters with high penalties, she says.
The aggrieved wife and children are represented by legal aid attorneys Halldis Winje and Eitya Rehman.
They do not wish to comment on the matter.
14 court days have been set aside for the case.
