Norway Mass Murderer could avoid jail time!

Anders Behring Breivik could avoid jail time despite Norway killings: prosecutors

Photograph by: Scanpix Norway, Reuters

OSLO – Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a shooting rampage and bombing attack this summer in Norway, could avoid jail time for the crime, prosecutors have admitted.

Court-appointed psychiatrists have concluded that the Norwegian anti-immigration militant is criminally insane, prosecutor Svein Holden said Tuesday.

“The conclusion is . . . is that he is insane,” Holden told a news conference. “He lives in his own delusional universe and his thoughts and acts are governed by this universe.”

This would mean that the 32-year-old rightwing extremist cannot be sentenced to prison but must undergo psychiatric care in a closed mental institution.

The two psychiatrists, Synne Serheim and Torgeir Husby, delivered their finding to the Oslo district court Tuesday morning.

The two psychiatrists held 13 interviews with Behring Breivik at the high-security Ila prison near Oslo where he is being held.

“It was a lot of work, demanding,” Husby said, adding: “He has co-operated well.”

Meanwhile, a social welfare inquiry into Anders Behring Breivik’s family situation conducted 28 years ago when he was four years old hinted he may have been sexually abused, Norwegian public broadcaster NRK said quoting two independent but unnamed sources.

That evaluation has no connection to the report submitted Tuesday.

The court will have the final say on whether Behring Breivik can be held responsible for the crimes, though it generally follows the experts’ recommendations.

Behring Breivik’s trial is scheduled to open on April 16, 2012, and last for about 10 weeks.

The maximum prison sentence under Norwegian law for the type of attacks committed by Behring Breivik is 21 years, but he could stay behind bars longer if he is still considered a threat to society.

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