The man in his 30s was first charged with murder. The charge was changed Saturday night, and he is now charged with contributing to a serious deprivation of liberty.
After the NRK was informed, the man was summoned for questioning at the beginning of the investigation, then as a witness.
Tom Hagen is still charged with murder or complicity in the murder of his wife Anne-Elisabeth Hagen. She has been missing for over 18 months.
OBJECTIVE: Tom Hagen is charged with murder or complicity in murder.
Photo: Private / Scanpix
The meetings between them must have been about cryptocurrency-related business activities, reports NRK. At least one of them must have taken place in Hagen’s work.
NRK also has other documentation supporting the meetings between the 70-year-old billionaire and the 30-year-old cryptomaniac. The meetings between the two defendants have been questioned.
Both defendants have been released from the police after the Court of Appeal did not grant the police that they could imprison Tom Hagen for four weeks.
Crime scene? The house in Sloraveien photographed the day Tom Hagen was arrested.
Photo: Cicilie S. Andersen
Tom Hagen was surprised
Tom Hagen learned of the accomplice’s arrest when he read it in the media on Friday, after he escaped from custody, his advocate says.
“I was very surprised by the arrest of the man,” defense attorney Svein Holden of the Hjort law firm told NRK.
DEFENDANT: Svein Holden is an attorney for billionaire Tom Hagen.
Photo: Terje Pedersen / Terje Pedersen
– What type of connection do the two have?
– He himself says he doesn’t have at least one connection as the police think, says Holden.
– What do you think the police emphasize this relationship so strongly?
– It gives me reason to think about how the police handle this case, and I also notice what the new detainee says through his defender. And it would be terrible if it turns out to be a completely innocent person, Holden says.
NRK has asked Holden a series of questions about Tom Hagen’s meetings with his colleagues. Holden does not want to comment.
Attorney Dag Svensson represents the accused man in his 30s.
DEFENSE: Attorney Dag Svensson defends the kidnapped man for 30 years.
Photo: Anders Fehn / NRK
“He believes it is as absurd to be accused of kidnapping as it is to be accused of murder, so there is no change for him, it is still a serious charge,” Svensson told NRK.
Svensson was asked about the client’s meetings with Hagen, but does not want to comment on this.
So far, the police have answered NRK’s questions about the meetings between the two defendants.
Ten days on mobile
Police seized the garden on April 28 as he was on his way to his workplace. After the District Court, the Court of Appeal and finally the Supreme Court processed the appeal, Hagen was released after ten days.
Police wanted to arrest Tom Hagen again after release. However, the state attorney said no.
Chronology of the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen
On October 31, 2018, Anne-Elisabeth Hagen (68) disappeared from her home in Fjellhamar, just outside Oslo. Hagen is married to investor and billionaire Tom Hagen (70). On April 28, 2020, Tom Hagen was arrested by the police.
Early in the morning, Anne-Elisabeth disappears, an unknown person walks the runway at her husband Tom Hagen’s workplace. The man turns and returns where he came from. Twenty-four minutes later, another man arrives at the same place. Neither man has reportedly escaped, despite calls from the police.
Billionaire Tom Hagen (68) leaves the family home and heads to the Futurum building in Lørenskog, where he works. This is less than 4 kilometers from the house at Sloraveien 4.
Anne-Elisabeth Hagen’s phone call to a relative this morning is the last sign of life. Since then, neither the family nor the police have heard from her.
Tom Hagen arrives home and discovers that his wife has disappeared.
He finds the family puppy locked up and in the bathroom there is a well-written letter with demands and threats from the alleged kidnappers.
Tom Hagen alerts the police that his wife has disappeared. He meets the police at a nearby service station. Civilian police officers begin investigations at the family home.
Police are questioning employees of a company that worked on the roof of Hagen’s house just before the disappearance.
After 10 weeks of secret investigation, the Eastern Police District convenes a press conference where they discuss the disappearance.
Police Inspector Tommy Brøske says the main theory of the police is that the woman was kidnapped.
The alleged kidnappers have threatened Anne-Elisabeth’s life and are demanding a ransom in the form of cryptocurrency.
The police choose to go public because they need advice on the case.
The Hagen family’s development attorney, Svein Holden, asks that the kidnappers get in touch and that the family receive confirmation that all is well with her.
Police are deploying a mobile police station at Hagen’s home and talking to neighbors in the area. Police are also investigating the property and searching for special dogs in the area.
The investigation is led by the Eastern Police District with the assistance of the Oslo Police District, Kripos, Økokrim, Interpol and Europol. Interpol comes out with a public consultation from Anne-Elisabeth Hagen.
Lawyer Holden says on TV 2 Åsted Norway that the family is ready to find a solution if they can confirm that Anne-Elisabeth is in a good position.
The Eastern Police District reports that investigations of the forensic scene outside and inside the Hagen family property have been completed.
In just one week, the Eastern Police District received more than 800 tips on the disappearance case.
A week after the case became known, the police received nearly 1,000 tips. Police confirm to NRK that the US FBI. USA He is involved in the investigation.
The family received a message from those who claim to have Anne-Elisabeth Hagen. The message arrived on the same digital platform on which the family has previously received messages.
The family is contacted again, apparently in a different and better way than before, but there is still one-way communication without the possibility for the family to respond directly. The family has not yet received a life certificate.
The family makes repeated statements to the alleged counterpart, the details of which are unknown.
Anne-Elisabeth Hagen’s kidnapping may have been touched to hide a murder, police say. The main new hypothesis is now that the 69-year-old man was killed.
The family listens to the “counterpart” for the first time in five months. They receive a message on a new platform that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen is alive. Following this, there should have been more communication that Attorney Holden will not go into detail. But he emphasizes that the work now falls on the “counterpart.”
After VG was informed, an amount of over NOK 10 million was paid shortly after the counterparty’s announcement. The payment must have been made to an account that the police have not yet been able to trace, according to information from VG.
At two press conferences, it appears that the police believe that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was very likely to have been killed, while the family believes she is alive. The family has not yet received a life certificate, just a message from the so-called counterpart that she should be alive. Assistant attorney Svein Holden says the communication is in Norwegian. Police will not comment if they have suspects in the case.
Police say several shoeprints were found inside the house that they believe belong to a perpetrator. The footprints were found in places of interest, police say, which publishes shoe prints and the type of shoes they think are worn.
Technical clues are known to have led the police to the theory that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was killed on Wednesday, October 31, and that one or more perpetrators removed her from her home.
Police say they found a lockable plastic tape – strips – in the house where police believe the central scene is.
Police release information that both the letter sheet and the envelope containing the threat letter were sold to Clas Ohlson. Previously, it was indicated in which stores shoes and straps were purchased.
The day a year after Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was reported missing, police say they have a list of names of possible perpetrators.
Police are conducting further investigations into the house of the married couple in Sloraveien in Lørensko.
Police are giving a clear signal that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen’s family will use generosity to obtain information.
The disappearance case is formally declared as an unsolved murder. Police records show Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was killed on October 31, 2018.
Anne-Elisabeth Hagen’s husband Tom Hagen is arrested in a police action in Lørenskog. He is accused of murder or complicity in murder.
Tom Hagen is detained for four weeks. Detention is appealed, but Hagen remains in custody until the appeals court decides the appeal.
A man in his 30s with a connection to Tom Hagen is arrested in Oslo and charged with Penal Code 275. Police say the man is aware of IT and cryptocurrencies.
After more than a week in custody, Tom Hagen was released from Oslo prison.
Police question the man in his 30s who was arrested on May 7. Later in the afternoon, the man is released, but is still charged in the case.
