New court-appointed psychiatrists have concluded that Breivik is legally accountable for his actions
The new court-appointed psychiatrists, Agnar Aspaas and Terje Tørrisen, have concluded that Anders Behring Breivik is legally accountable for his actions, reports Verdens Gang (VG).
Their psychiatric evaluation consisted of a series of interviews as well as three weeks of continous observation by a team of psychiatric health personnel.
Ultimately, it is the court that is responsible for determining Breivik’s legal accountability.
Google translation [edited for clarity]:
New report: Breivik is accountable
04/10/2012
Oslo District Court (VG Nett) The two new court psychiatrists believe that Anders Breivik Behring is legally accountable.
That is the conclusion of the new declaration which was handed over to the court, as VG Nett reported at 11.47.
20 minutes later the conclusion was confirmed by a press release from Oslo District Court:
“The experts’ main conclusion is that the defendant Anders Behring Breivik is considered NOT psychotic at the time of action on July 22 2011. This means that he is considered accountable at the moment of the crime.”
The conclusion is the opposite of what Torgeir Husby and Synne Sørheim arrived at, and will create a new discussion around the role of court psychiatrists….
Original article: Ny rapport: Breivik er tilregnelig
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Google translation [edited for clarity]:
Experts conclude that Anders Behring Breivik is sane
04/10/2012
In a press release released a little over 12 o’clock it is stated that the experts conclude that Behring Breivik was not psychotic when he committed the crimes. It is also made clear that the psychiatrists do not believe that he has a serious mental illness, or suffers from mild retardation.
These are the points in the conclusion:
1. The observed was not psychotic, unconscious or mentally retarded to a high degree at the time of the accused acts.
2. The observed does not have a serious mental disorder with significantly impaired ability of realistic assessment of his relationship with his surroundings, and he did not act during a strong disturbance of consciousness at the time of the accused acts.
3. The observed does not suffer from mild mental retardation.
4. The observed was not psychotic at the time of the evaluations.
5. There is a high risk of repeated violent acts.
The report is in total 310 pages and consists of a mandate description, a description of how the psychiatrists have worked, an evaluation of the time of action towards time of the observation, abstracts of case document, a section that is devoted to testing and diagnostic assessment, and an evaluation of the tests. …
Original article: Sakkyndige konkluderer med at Anders Behring Breivik er tilregnelig
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