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Police Superintendent Snorre Mortensen at the Police Security Service (PST) explained in detail the raid on the home of the defendant and her partner, former Justice Minister Tor Mikkel Wara, at the Oslo District Court on Thursday.
Among other things, Mortensen showed images of two magnetic locks in the basement that were connected to the very complete security system in the house and on the property. The researcher explained that both contacts had been manipulated so that they had no alarm effect.
– The contact plate was cut and re-glued. Then came the magnet with the detector, he said.
Another seizure was a wide red marker found in the house and a smaller green gasoline can and bottle of rubbing alcohol in the garage. The police believe that these are objects that can be linked to the facts of the accusation.
Magnetic lock in the basement of the Bertheussen / Wara cohabiting couple. The photo was presented as evidence in court on the third day of the Bertheussen case. Photo: PST / Police / NTB scanpix Photo: Pst / Police / NTB scanpix
Bertheussen is accused of attacking democracy through arson, damage and threats against important politicians, including his partner.
I have a strong reaction
The researcher carried the plate from room to room in Røa’s large villa, which contains both his own professional bakery and an indoor pool where several cardboard boxes had been stacked.
Mortensen said the defendant had a pretty strong reaction when they called and said they were coming to get and that she was a defendant in the case.
– She replied, “I can’t believe this is happening.” She was out of breath and explained that she had had a panic attack, explained. He ended this part of the explanation by saying that she faced each other again.
Before Mortensen took his place on the witness stand, the head of investigation in the case had described to the court how the police were gradually ruling out possible perpetrators.
Theater activated
It started with a few nights until December 6, 2018, writing “racist” on the wall of the house of the couple living in Røa in Oslo and drawing a swastika and marking “racist” on the outside of the car.
From the beginning, the much talked about work “Ways of seeing” is in the work of the police. The prosecution believes that it is this configuration that has triggered the actions Bertheussen is accused of.
– We assess whether the action was carried out by someone from “Ways of Seeing”, carried out by someone who sympathizes with them, wants to hit them or has nothing to do with “Ways of Seeing”, said PST investigation leader Kim Ruderaas Sæter.
Bertheussen’s defender, John Christian Elden, says he finds it interesting that the police confirm that it is a current theory that there are several people behind it.
– That it does not have to be the same person for different threatening situations and that it works according to it. This indicates that there is something that we will follow in future negotiations, he tells NTB.
Images from the police evidence statement in the Bertheussen case. This threatening letter was found in the mailbox outside the home of the couple who cohabited on Røa in Oslo. Photo: Police / Pst / NTB scanpix
Shipments to Elden
The head of the investigation also received submissions to Elden’s office.
– There is information in the letters that even PST was not aware of, including that some of the threatening letters were dipped in dog urine. We had them examined by Kripos. They said this applied to two of the letters. Elden’s sender has specific information that no one else has, not even the police, Sæter concluded.
The defendant chose to enter the courtroom from the back room from which she was following the case, to make two brief comments. She denied that she had taken the drug Nozinan and that she had not been tested.
The drug was found in powder form along with baking soda in the mailbox outside the home. It is a drug for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
She also denied that there had been a request from PST that the domestic partner wanted surveillance of their property, but confirmed that it was correct that she did not want a camera and GPS tracking in the car.
– It’s a lie, he said in court that PST claimed that they were not allowed to film the front of the house.
After making these comments, he went out of the room again.
On Fridays and Mondays, the case is free of law. On Tuesday, the judicial day begins with the defendant’s explanation, followed by further explanations from the police about the investigation.
