The trial of the 45-year-old Norwegian, who last December killed a 32-year-old policeman with a palm knife and injured his best friend, after a dispute that preceded over a trivial matter, while they were having fun in a bar, in the eastern Thessaloniki.

According to the will of the Criminal Council of Thessaloniki, the 45-year-old is being prosecuted for manslaughter in a calm state of mind, committed and attempted, as well as for illegal carrying and use of weapons, exactly as was the criminal prosecution for which he was asked to apologize to the 4th ordinary investigator Thessaloniki and was adjudged a temporary prisoner.

As described in the referral will, the Norwegian defendant acted with intent and in a calm state of mind, with the Council judges rejecting his defense claims that he was in a state of intoxication or full intoxication, as well as that he was attacked first by the two victims and a struggle ensued with them. Evaluating the results of the psychiatric examination to which he was submitted, at his request, the Council decided that the conditions for the full removal or -significantly reduced- imputation are not met.

The history

The murder happened in the early hours of December 28, 2023 in a bar located on Katsimidis Street (next to the headquarters of the MAT Thessaloniki), where the 32-year-old EL.AS officer was having fun. (off duty) with his friends. Among the people in the group was his best friend, 33 years old today, who had a disagreement with the Norwegian, a patron of the same shop, over some unrelated and trivial matter. The friend asked the 45-year-old to stop by literally saying ‘enough, what do you want us to fight about?’, as the situation appeared to have reached a tipping point.

That’s when, according to court documents, the defendant pulled a black-handled ‘Push Dagger’ palm knife, measuring 14cm in total length and with a 7cm blade, which he carried in the waistband of his trousers, stabbing the 33-year-old friend in the forehead with it. upper surface of the left thigh and in the anterior thoracic region.

Holding his leg and in a state of panic, the injured man started calling out to his friends, so the policeman, in his attempt to mediate, approached and punched the accused twice in the face, while he immediately headed next to the MAT facilities to call for help. Returning to the store, however, the unlucky police officer was stabbed by the 45-year-old in the left cervical area, causing him to fall to the ground bleeding, lose consciousness and ultimately his life.