“I was drunk. I didn’t know I had killed him. My lawyer informed me in the afternoon when I came to. We had a fight and when I attacked them I was getting punched” the 44-year-old Norwegian, who is being held for the murder of the 32-year-old policemanyesterday morning, in a bar on Katsimidis Street, in Thessaloniki.

A case file had been filed against him by the police officers of the Crimes Against Life Department and He is charged with manslaughter, attempted murder, illegal carrying of a weapon and use of a weapon.

The 44-year-old was brought to court wearing a mask and bulletproof vestas can be seen from the video that thesstoday.gr.

Entering the courts, he did not say anything to the journalists who were waiting for him.

According to thesstoday.gr, the defendant’s lawyer, Thodoris Karagiannishe mentioned that the fact that there was homicide is not disputed, however argues that the exact circumstances need to be investigated. Yes, the Norwegian due to his condition, was informed by him late in the afternoon what happened on the fateful dawn of Thursday.

“The basic position of my principal is that he had no intention to kill and he was even informed by me at 18.30 about the fate of the victim. His basic position is that the fact is not disputed. There was a murder. What is disputed and is to be investigated is that he had no intention to kill, while what is also to be investigated is the state he was in, in terms of intoxication, his mental health and the exact circumstances that led to the fatal blow”, said Mr. Karagiannis.

He added that the Norwegian claims that “it was a fight, in which at that moment – at the time he attacked – he was being punched”.