Police withdrew from the man’s murder charge, his defender said. Anne-Elisabeth Hagen now accuses the man of contributing to the severe deprivation of liberty.
On Friday, it emerged that a man in his 30s was charged with murder or complicity in the murder of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen. The police acted at his address in Romerike.
The man was arrested in Oslo.
The defendant has consistently refused to have anything to do with the case. He was in two interrogations and sat in the interrogation on Saturday at the Kripos facility from 12 noon to 6.30 pm, before being released.
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– I think my client should never have been arrested in this case. They should call him for interrogation and interrogation in the usual way. He was surprised and thought it was strange to be accused of such a serious relationship, the man’s advocate Dag Svensson tells Nettavisen.
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Dag Svensson defends the man in his 30s. Here is the defender at the police station in Lillestrøm on Friday. Photo: Ørn E. Borgen (NTB scanpix)
He also says that the police have changed the charge.
– Now he is accused of contributing to a serious deprivation of liberty and does not realize this. But he will cooperate with the police and will gladly ask for more questions.
The online newspaper is aware that no large-scale kidnapping has been requested in any of the interrogations, but the reason for this is unknown.
Police believe there should be a relationship between Hagen and the man in his 30s, but they did not want to say anything about how they are linked to each other or to criminal acts.
Data
* October 31, 2018: Anne-Elisabeth Hagen disappeared from her home in Sloraveien at Fjellhamar in Lørenskog. She must have disappeared from the residence sometime between 9.15 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. Her husband, businessman and billionaire Tom Hagen, returned home around 1:30 p.m. and notified the police about an hour later.
* On January 9, 2019, the police released and confirmed that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen had disappeared from her home in Sloraveien in Fjellhamar in Lørenskog ten weeks earlier. The police kept the investigation secret and justified it with serious threats to the woman’s life and health. Claims of € 9 million in ransom paid in the monero crypto currency have been made and serious threats have been made in a letter that was left on the spot.
* On February 11, 2019, it was announced that there had been a new contact between the alleged perpetrators and the Anne-Elisabeth Hagen family on a new platform. There was still one-way communication.
* On June 26, 2019, the police stated that they had changed the main theory of the case. Police believe it is less likely to be a kidnapping for financial reasons. The main hypothesis is that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was killed.
* On August 6, 2019, assistant attorney Svein Holden stated that the Hagen family has contact with the kidnappers, but no proof has been provided yet that she is alive. Holden formulates it so that it is “clearly stated” that she is alive.
* On August 28, 2019, the police released information about the images of the sole of the shoe that they believe may have been deposited by an author.
* On September 13, 2019, technical clues are known to have led the police to the theory that Anne-Elisabeth Hagen was already killed on Wednesday, October 31, and that one or more perpetrators removed her from her home.
* On September 24, 2019, police say a lockable plastic tape (strips) was found in the house where police believe is the central scene.
* On October 17, 2019, police released 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.
* On October 18, 2019, witnesses are known to be called to present DNA evidence in connection with the police investigation into the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen.
* On October 24, 2019, police say they have an idea of what type of printer was used to print the threat letter found at the home of Tom and Anne-Elisabeth Hagen.
* October 25, 2019, Investigative Management and Kripos representatives meet with Attorney General Tor-Aksel Busch to discuss the disappearance case. The same day, police are reported to believe they have found traces of the early summer of 2018 related to the ransom demand in Hagen’s disappearance.
* January 22, 2020: In Kripos national murder statistics, the disappearance case is known as an unsolved murder.
* On March 5, 2020, the police state that the disappearance case had a total cost of NOK 19 million for the police.
* April 28, 2020: Husband Tom Hagen is arrested in a police action in Lørenskog. He is accused of murder or complicity in murder. Anne-Elisabeth Hagen has not yet been found.
* April 29, 2020: Tom Hagen is in custody for four weeks, two of which are completely isolated, and with letters, visits and media bans, by the Lower Roman District Court.
* 30. April 2020: The arrest warrant is appealed to the Eidsivating Court of Appeal.
Source: NTB and Nettavisen
Cryptocurrency has been an important lead in the investigation of the disappearance of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen. He disappeared from his home in Lørenskog, about 15 km east of Oslo, and there have been no signs of life since then.
When her husband Tom Hagen returned home from work around 1:30 p.m., she found a threatening letter written in Swedish-Norwegian. The letter stated that a claim of nine million euros had to be paid in the monero crypto currency. The sum was approximately NOK 86 million in October-November 2018.
It was Tom Hagen himself who notified the police of the disappearance around 2:10 p.m. the same day.
Last week, the case took a dramatic turn when police arrested Tom Hagen on the open street and charged him with murder or complicity in the murder of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen. The arrest led to an acceleration of the arrest of the man in his 30s.
On Wednesday of last week, he was detained, but the Eidsivating Court of Appeal decided that he should be released on Thursday of this week.
Police appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, where they confirmed Hagen’s release.
On Friday night he drove through the prison doors like a free man. But the police still considered arresting him again, but Attorney General Kirsti Guttormsen put her foot on the ground.
Police are continuing the investigation, but there are now questions as to whether they can continue to search his residence, workplace and cabin in Kvitfjell.
Police attorney Haris Hrenovica did not respond to Nettavisen’s questions Saturday night.
