Norway killer to stay in isolation
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August 20, 2011, Saturday
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A COURT yesterday extended the isolation detention of the man who confessed to the killings of 77 people in Norway by four more weeks.
The Oslo District Court said Anders Behring Breivik must be kept in solitary confinement by police partly for fear he would tamper with evidence and contact possible accomplices.
Judge Hugo Abelseth acknowledged that Breivik had described his isolation as "boring and monotonous, and as a sadistic torture method," but said he must nonetheless spend at least four more weeks there. He said his next hearing would be on September 19.
Breivik had appeared at a closed hearing under heavy police protection. His earlier request to wear a long black tuxedo to the session had been rejected by the court, which described it as "unnecessarily disturbing and provocative."
The 32-year-old right-wing extremist has admitted killing eight people when he exploded a truck bomb outside government offices in Oslo, then fatally shooting 69 people at a youth camp on Utoya island nearby.
Breivik denies criminal guilt because he believes the massacre was necessary to save Norway and Europe. He said the attacks were an attempt at cultural revolution, aimed at purging Europe of Muslims and punishing politicians that have embraced multiculturalism.
The hearing came as survivors, relatives and close friends of the victims were visiting Utoya yesterday and today to grieve at the island massacre site. Some 1,500 people were expected on the island.
Breivik arrived at the hearing - his second court appearance since the July 22 attacks - in a black car under heavy escort. His lawyer Geir Lippestad said he was dressed in a dark suit and appeared calm, but showed no remorse.
"In his explanations he says these acts were gruesome, but necessary, and he hasn't changed his view on that," Lippestad said after the 30-minute hearing.
In the first court hearing on July 25, officials decided Breivik could be detained for eight weeks, including four weeks in isolation.
The Oslo District Court said Anders Behring Breivik must be kept in solitary confinement by police partly for fear he would tamper with evidence and contact possible accomplices.
Judge Hugo Abelseth acknowledged that Breivik had described his isolation as "boring and monotonous, and as a sadistic torture method," but said he must nonetheless spend at least four more weeks there. He said his next hearing would be on September 19.
Breivik had appeared at a closed hearing under heavy police protection. His earlier request to wear a long black tuxedo to the session had been rejected by the court, which described it as "unnecessarily disturbing and provocative."
The 32-year-old right-wing extremist has admitted killing eight people when he exploded a truck bomb outside government offices in Oslo, then fatally shooting 69 people at a youth camp on Utoya island nearby.
Breivik denies criminal guilt because he believes the massacre was necessary to save Norway and Europe. He said the attacks were an attempt at cultural revolution, aimed at purging Europe of Muslims and punishing politicians that have embraced multiculturalism.
The hearing came as survivors, relatives and close friends of the victims were visiting Utoya yesterday and today to grieve at the island massacre site. Some 1,500 people were expected on the island.
Breivik arrived at the hearing - his second court appearance since the July 22 attacks - in a black car under heavy escort. His lawyer Geir Lippestad said he was dressed in a dark suit and appeared calm, but showed no remorse.
"In his explanations he says these acts were gruesome, but necessary, and he hasn't changed his view on that," Lippestad said after the 30-minute hearing.
In the first court hearing on July 25, officials decided Breivik could be detained for eight weeks, including four weeks in isolation.
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