The trial for the parole of Anders Behring Breivik (45), who is serving a custodial sentence of 21 years, starts in Ringerike prison on 19 November.
Thursday 2 May at 08:36Ringerike, Asker and Bærum district court stated this in an email to NTB.
The case was originally supposed to start in June, but was postponed after it became known that psychologist Inni Rein, who has carried out the risk assessment of Breivik, and Andreas Hjetland, the state’s lawyer in the district court proceedings of Breivik’s civil action against the state, had begun a private relationship.
As a result of the relationship, the State Attorney has decided that new experts must be appointed to assess Breivik’s risk.
Two legal proceedings
There are currently two legal proceedings concerning Brevik, one is the appeal case in his lawsuit against the state, the other is the petition for parole. The new risk assessment must be part of both cases.
Hjetland has withdrawn as legal representative for the state in the appeal case which deals with the lawsuit about the conditions of sentencing.
Breivik sued the state because he believes the conditions of his sentence violate human rights, but lost in the Oslo district court.
– The risk assessment is of central importance for the processing of Breivik’s request for parole, and for the prosecution it is important that there is no uncertainty related to his right to a fair treatment of the case, wrote State Attorney Hulda Karlsdottir in an email to VG in April.
Can apply every year
The now 45-year-old man has been sentenced to the law’s most severe sentence – 21 years in prison with a minimum term of 10 years – for killing 77 people on 22 July 2011.
The parole case is scheduled to last three days.
On 10 June last year, Breivik applied for parole for the second time. Each time the court refuses parole, the remand prisoner can apply again after one year.
