Norwegian adult woman stands behind threatening letters

Language expert Sylfest Lomheim says it is almost certainly a Norwegian woman who has written the threatening letters that PST believes Laila Bertheussen is behind.

Linguist and expert Sylfest has considered four letters in the Bertheussen case. He was interrupted by Bertheussen’s defense lawyer when he was about to testify during the trial in the Oslo District Court for the first time. On Friday, he was the last ordinary witness in the extensive threats case.

“Clearly a woman has almost certainly written this,” Lomheim said when testifying in court.

Among other things, Lomheim emphasized that the lyrics were not particularly crude in style, that a man would never use the word “pee”, but something harsher. He added that it was very likely that it was the same person who had written the lyrics and that it was an adult woman, somewhat older than he believes is quite widely read. The typos he thought were both wild and imaginative.

– Can the choice of words and grammar in a text say something about the person who writes? Asked the prosecutor Frederik Ranke when the interrogation began.

– It can, I would say absolutely. If people had been aware of how much they reveal about themselves when they write on a piece of paper, they may not have written as much, Lomheim said.

There was almost word of mouth when Bertheussen’s defender, attorney John Christian Elden, went to question the professor.

– I know I am required to say nothing more than I should, but also not less than I should, Lomheim said when Elden tried to discredit the witness by pointing out that he had been active in the Labor Party for many years.