.Breivik shows no remorse
Norway mass killer Anders Breivik has given a far-right salute as he arrived in court to stand trial for 77 murders.
AAP
April 16, 2012, 6:26 pm
Right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik who confessed to killing 77 people last July went on trial on Monday, defiantly rejecting the authority of the court.
Anders Behring Breivik has made a far-right salute as he entered the Oslo district courtroom.
Breivik, dressed in a dark suit, smiled as a guard removed his handcuffs in the crowded court room. The 33-year-old then made a closed-fist salute, before shaking hands with prosecutors and court officials.
"I don't recognise Norwegian courts because you get your mandate from the Norwegian political parties who support multiculturalism," Breivik said in his first comments to the court.
Breivik also said he doesn't recognise the authority of Judge Wenche Elisabeth Arntzen, because he said she is friends with the sister of former Norwegian Prime Minister and Labor Party leader Gro Harlem Brundtland.
The anti-Muslim militant described himself as a writer, currently working from prison, when asked by the judge for his employment status.
After opening statements, Breivik is set to testify for five days, explaining why he set off a bomb in downtown Oslo, killing eight, and then shot to death 69 people, mostly teenagers, at a Labor Party youth camp on Utoya island, outside of Oslo.
Breivik has admitted to the attacks, claiming they were necessary to protect Norway from being taken over by Muslims, but has rejected criminal guilt. He is facing terrorism and premeditated murder charges.
The key issue to be resolved during the 10-week trial is the state of Breivik's mental health, which will decide whether he is sent to prison or to psychiatric care.
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Norway mass killer charged with murder, terror acts
Walter Gibbs, Reuters
March 7, 2012, 11:01 pm
Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people, arrives at a court hearing in Oslo February 6, 2012. REUTERS/Lise Aserud/Scanpix Norway
OSLO (Reuters) - The anti-Islam militant whose bomb attack and shooting massacre shocked Norway last summer was formally charged Wednesday with terrorism and the premeditated murder of 77 people as officials prepared for a trial to start next month.
Prosecutors said they would initially seek a sentence of psychiatric care for the admitted killer but might demand 21 years in prison -- Norway's nominal maximum -- if an initial diagnosis of psychosis is contradicted in a second examination.
Anders Behring Breivik, 33, has admitted carrying out a July bomb attack that killed eight people at government headquarters in Oslo and a gun massacre hours later that killed 69 people at a Labor Party summer camp.
His targets were "traitors" with immigrant-friendly attitudes, he said at a preliminary court hearing.
"The defendant has committed highly serious crimes of a dimension we have no previous experience with in our society in modern times," prosecutor Svein Holden told reporters.
He said the killings included "aggravating circumstances" but did not amount to crimes against humanity under Norwegian law.
There had been speculation Breivik might face a crimes-against-humanity charge, with a maximum 30-year sentence, but legal experts said Norway's law applies to widespread, systematic atrocities rather than the acts of an individual.
Prosecutors and police formally presented the charge sheet to Breivik in prison earlier Wednesday.
While the maximum conventional prison sentence for murder in Norway is 21 years, courts are permitted to extend custody indefinitely after that if a violent, sane convict is considered likely to repeat his crimes.
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