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- 31-year-old Naznet was killed with a knife in Lørenskog in April 2023
- The boyfriend (33) is accused of the murder, the trial started on Friday
- Naznet sought advice on breaking off the engagement and looking up the mobile
- The defendant’s boyfriend denies killing her
- Fingerprints in blood from the defendant found at the scene
- Naznet’s family hopes for closure and that the right person is convicted
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Her 33-year-old boyfriend is defendantA person who is accused of a crime and must defend himself in court. for the murder.
– It’s not me at all. I have no knowledge of this, he then explained the trialA legal process in which a court determines whether a person is guilty of a charge. started on Friday.
Naznet Belay Ghebregiorgis was killed with several stab wounds to the neck and torso. She was found in her home in Lørenskog on 6 April last year.
In the days before the murder, she had visited her boyfriend.
– Regretted wedding plans
The two should have planned a wedding on 30 April 2023, but then Naznet should have gotten cold feet, according to several of her family members.
– She told us that she regretted the wedding plans. So we said to her: Why can’t you just cancel the wedding? She would rather be engagedAn agreement between two people to marry in the future.to find out if she was a good match for this man, says brother-in-law Aron Teklay to VG.
Even if he is the brother-in-lawThe brother of one’s spouse, or the spouse of one’s sister.then he refers to Naznet as a sister.
– She was amiable and likeable. She was the pride of the family. It was the worst day of my life when we got the news of his death, says the brother-in-law.
– When we see her boyfriend explain himself in court here, we don’t understand why the two should get married. Because the two were very different, says cousin Yemane Mabte.
Also read: Naznet (31), killed in Lørenskog: – She was extraordinary
“I said yes to marriage without thinking”
On Naznet’s mobile, the police have found search history from 4 April.
In court reads prosecutorA public prosecutor who represents the state in a criminal case.state attorney Asbjørg Lykkjen, listed the searches that have been carried out:
- «How to break up with someone you live with»
- “I said yes to marriage without thinking.”
- “Regret engagement”
- “How to break up an engagement”
The boyfriend accused of murder had no explanation for the mobile phone searches.
– I cannot answer anything about these searches. You can ask Bill Gates about this. Are these searches done on Naznet’s mobile?
The defendant explained that it was he who interrupted the wedding plans – and that there was no engagement after that. The reason is private, he explained.
Took a taxi to Hamar
Police believe Naznet was killed sometime during the evening of April 4 or the early hours of April 5 in 2023.
The boyfriend is linked to a bus trip from Lørenskog to Lillestrøm on the night of 5 April – then he took a taxi home to Hamar. A trip that cost NOK 3,000.
– Naznet was still alive when I left. We separated teams in a good way. Why do you ask why I went home, it is as irrelevant as if I had gone to Kirkenes.
– As long as there is no law that says I am not allowed to go home, I will not answer any more questions about that, the 33-year-old explained in court.
Fully packed suitcase
The girlfriend was arrested on 7 April.
When the police searched his home, they found a pre-packed suitcase and travel documents, according to a previous ruling in the case.
Later, the police investigation revealed that he had also searched for one-way flight tickets to Addis Ababa on his PC. He had also searched for hotels in the Ethiopian capital.
The searches were made after Naznet was killed.
– I hadn’t bought a plane ticket. The fact that I had applied for plane tickets and hotels and such, I can’t remember. I haven’t bought anything. Can you make a trip just by applying for something like that? I hadn’t bought anything, he explained in court.
Fingerprints in blood
Inside Naznet’s apartment in Lørenskog, the police found what they believe to be the murder weapon, a silver kitchen knife from Ikea.
A fingerprint in the deceased’s blood was found on the door to the bathroom. The experts at Kripos have determined that the fingerprint belongs to the accused’s boyfriend.
When the 33-year-old was arrested for the murder, the police found a T-shirt and a pair of shoes in his home. Naznet’s blood was found on both the T-shirt and the shoes.
In court, he did not understand these findings.
– In my opinion, the defendant’s explanation is adapted and constructed. He changes his explanation after being presented with information from the investigation, says prosecutor Asbjørg Lykkjen.
Defense attorney Øystein Storrvik does not want to comment on what comes to light in court before the final proceedings.
– Hoping for a conclusion
Several members of Naznet’s family are in court to follow the case. But the immediate family is elsewhere in the world, the mother is in Uganda and the brother is in Canada.
– They are in an ongoing crisis and in great grief. Or as they write to me; they feel pain and suffering. The family hopes for closure and that the right perpetrator is convicted. The murder of Naznet has caused the family a great deal of emotional damage, says assistance lawyerA lawyer who represents the interests of victims in a criminal case. Monica Melgård to VG.
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