Supreme court rejects Eirik Jensen's appeal

the Supreme court has today rejected the appeal from the Eirik Jensen's defenders.

the Jury in the court of appeal frikjente the former polititoppen for contribution to gross narkotikaforbrytelse, but convicted him of gross corruption. Fagdommerne in the court of appeal responded by setting the decision aside. The decision was appealed by the defenders, but today, the supreme court ankeutvalg rejected the appeal.

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supreme court ankeutvalget can not see that the appellate court has built on the wrong lovtolkning or that it was a case of procedural error relating to the decision.

Defender John Christian the Fire, noting at the same time a remark from ankeutvalget that can give Jensen a little hope. The reason is that the supreme court's ankeutvalg notes that a decision to invalidate a frifinnende jurykjennelse can be undone. Ankeutvalget writes that it is not clear from the documents whether the court of appeal has considered the reversal, and they do so for the sake note that your ruling today does not preclude the appellate court even reverses the decision.

We are pleased that the Supreme court points out that the appellate court must consider whether the decision to set aside the decision of the jury must be treated again, " says lawyer John Christian Fire to the Newspaper.

at the same time is a lawyer the Fire is critical to the ankeutvalgets ruling.

It is regrettable that the Supreme court itself put a full stop to this matter now and showed respect for the jury's exclusive determination of the issue of guilt, " says the Fire.

If the appellate court itself does not reverse its decision, will the whole Jensen issue again go to the court of appeal. Then it will happen with a so-called extended composite court, not the jury. It is uncertain whether this will happen after the old rules, with three fagdommere and four lekdommere, or after the new scheme, with two fagdommere and five lekdommere.

- The tilsidesettelsesbeslutning will not be to form the basis for a possible new conviction, that in the case of fully must build on what is disclosed in court by the new treatment, type ankeutvalget in today's ruling.

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CHAOTIC: 28. January was Eirik Jensen get answers on whether he was judged guilty, or acquitted of drugs and korrupsjonstiltalen. Instead, everything was turned on its head. Video: Nicolai Delebekk / Kristoffer Løkås / NTB Scanpix. Editing: Marie Røssland. Photo: Bjørn Langsem Show more