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RELEASED: Tom Hagen is escorted out of Oslo prison on Friday afternoon. Photo: Gisle Oddstad, VG
At half past six on Friday afternoon, murder victim Tom Hagen (70) walked out the door of the Oslo prison.
After being in custody for just over a week, the murdered billionaire could be released from Oslo prison. With a garbage bag on his shoulder, he walked out the iron door and sat attorney Svein Holden in the Audi.
“This is not a surprise,” Holden told VG as he waited for Hagen outside the prison.
“It will only be a good road trip,” the lawyer told reporters before driving behind the iron door.
– What do you think about not choosing to arrest him again, as has been speculated?
“Obviously it is a correct decision,” Holden told VG, shortly after removing the client from Greenland prison in Oslo.
Did not advance
On Thursday, the murder investigation against Tom Hagen took an unexpected turn: Eidsivating the appeals court decided that he should be released.
Hagen was released after the Court of Appeals ruled that police evidence failed to provide so-called reasonable grounds to suspect murder or complicity in the murder of his missing wife, Anne-Elisabeth Hagen.
Police appealed the ruling and allowed the Court of Appeals to allow Hagen to remain in jail until the appeal was processed in the Supreme Court. This is called a suspensive effect.
On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court decision was clear. The Appeals Committee writes that “they find it unanimously clear that the appeal cannot continue.”
The decision is very short. The Appeals Committee does not write anything about what the police stated on appeal, but is content to write:
«The Appeals Committee of the Supreme Court can only judge the case of the Court of Appeals and the general interpretation of the law.”
Therefore, the Eidsivating decision was upheld and Hagen was released.
FREE: The garden came out with a black garbage bag on his shoulder. Photo: Gisle Oddstad, VG
It will be oriented
Hagen will now have access to the media and his family, says defendant Holden.
– So it will be a very short time before you are informed of recent developments.
– We have prepared it because there has been considerable media interest. After all, he is a person who does not seek public light, to put it cautiously. Then probably not the one you dream about the most, Holden said.
When asked by the press about Holden, Tom Hagen believes that he may be resent after his release, he replied:
– In that case, the police must have received substantial new information in the time after the arrest, and I cannot judge that. “I am not overly concerned about the hypothetical possibility of this happening,” Holden said.
Tom Hagen (70) is charged with murder or complicity in the murder of wife Anne-Elisabeth Hagen, who disappeared from the couple’s residence on October 31, 2018. The billionaire refuses to have anything to do with the disappearance of the spouse.
RUN AWAY FROM DEFENSE: Lawyer Svein Holden recovered his client Tom Hagen in the Oslo jail on Friday afternoon. Photo: Gisle Oddstad, VG
Juvenile Lawyer: – Relieved and happy
The three children’s assistance lawyer, Ståle Kihle, tells VG that they received the Supreme Court’s decision a few minutes before 17 o’clock.
– We are relieved and happy, but not surprised.
– What are you going to do now?
“We don’t know exactly what is happening, it depends on what the police decide to do with this decision and whether they decide to re-arrest,” says Kihle.
DEFENDANT: Lawyer Svein Holden on his way to Oslo prison with his client Tom Hagen. Photo: Gisle Oddstad, VG
Holds the charge
The Eastern Police District writes in a press release that they take note of the Supreme Court’s decision.
“Therefore, we relate to the Court of Appeals ruling that the basis for Tom Hagen’s arrest is now considered absent,” prosecutor Haris Hrenovica said in the press release.
Police write that the investigation is continuing and that the charges against Tom Hagen are upheld.
– Our goal is still to find Anne-Elisabeth Hagen, to know what happened to her and who has a role in the case, says Hrenovica.
TRIP: Police Inspector Tommy Brøske leaving the Lørenskog Sheriff’s Office on Friday night. Photo: HELGE MIKALSEN
New expedited arrest
The Court of Appeal decision prompted police to make another arrest in the case: A man in his 30s from Romerike was arrested Thursday night and charged with murder or complicity in the murder of Anne-Elisabeth Hagen. The man rejects the criminal charges.
background: This is the killer man with cryptographic knowledge.
– We can confirm that the arrest was accelerated based on the decision of the Court of Appeals yesterday. The reason for speeding is a risk of loss, prosecutor Haris Hrenovica says in a press release on Thursday morning.
