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When asked if he pleaded guilty, the defendant replied that he was neither stupid nor crazy.
But according to the indictment, the man killed his 33-year-old partner by stabbing and / or cutting her several times with a knife.
FIVE DAYS: A week has been reserved for the rehearsal, which for space reasons takes place in a meeting room in a hotel in Trondheim.
Photo: Kari Sørbø / NRK
The murder is said to have taken place at his home sometime between the night of Friday, March 27, and the night of Saturday, March 28.
State Attorney Per Morten Schjetne showed images of blood found in the apartment today in court. The blood belonged to the deceased.
The defendant explains this by saying that Kiflay in connection with the kitchen tonight broke a glass and cut himself on the hand with the pieces of glass. Therefore, he spilled blood in the apartment.
When the prosecutor asked him if he had told the police before, he replied that the death had affected him greatly. Therefore, he does not remember everything that he has explained and says that he was not completely himself after this.
He also explained that he just went to bed tonight and that she had gotten out in the car and picked up something. The defendant also thought that she could have taken a walk without him knowing for sure.
FOUND ON THE BEACH: This photo shows where police believe Tirha’s Tekle Kiflay was dumped, and where it was found by the fisherman.
Photo: Police
He denies killing her
It was the man accused of murder who himself reported Kiflay missing on March 31. He has always denied having anything to do with the murder.
In court today, prosecutor Schjetne presented two messages that the defendant reportedly sent to the deceased a few hours before the prosecution believed the murder occurred.
Here the defendant wrote: Wait your liar, now I have seen through you.
The last conversation on the deceased’s phone was shortly before 9:00 p.m. on the night the murder is said to have taken place.
The two had two minor children together. Kiflay, who came to Norway from Eritrea in 2011, also had two children from before.
DEAD: Tirhas Tekle Kiflay (33) from Trondheim.
Photo: private
He comes out with a picture of the knife
NRK has obtained access to several of the photos taken in connection with the investigation of the case.
Among other things, the image of what they believe is the murder weapon; a knife with a blade 20 centimeters long. Police also found traces of blood with the woman’s DNA in her home and in her car.
ASSASSINATING WEAPON: Tirhas Tekle Kiflay is said to have been killed with this knife.
Photo: Police
TRANSITION LIST: The police removed the floor strip between the living room and the kitchen and blood was revealed with the same DNA as the deceased.
Photo: Police
FINDINGS OF BLOOD IN THE LIVING ROOM: Both on the underside of the sofa, on the carpet and under the baseboard, the police found traces of blood.
Photo: Police
METAL FRAME ON THE SOFA. There are also traces of blood here.
Photo: Police
Blood on the trunk
Prosecutors believe Kiflay was murdered at his home. The next morning the defendant drove to Storlien. He gave an explanation for this today.
Her partner had told her that she was going to Sweden to visit her sister and cousin and that a man had taken her. He left on Saturday morning at five in the morning. The defendant decided to check whether he had crossed the border and drove in the morning to Meråker, where he was detained by the HV border guards.
Due to the crown, the border guards advised him not to enter Sweden and he turned around. According to what NRK has reason to believe, Kiflay’s body was then in the trunk where blood was found.
The defendant said that the partner had been in the car the night before and emphasized that that night she had cut her hand.
During the introductory lecture, Schjetne showed images of the trunk of the family car. Here, among other things, blood was found on some straps and on the luggage mat. It was blood with the same DNA profile as the deceased.
The Trunk: The police have conducted investigations with a chemical that highlights the presence of blood in the trunk of the family car.
Photo: Police
Traffic data on phones
Schjetne also spent time reviewing traffic data from base stations that showed where the defendant and Kiflay’s phones were at different times.
The defendant said, among other things, that he had not seen Kiflays after she left the apartment on Saturday morning at 05.00 and that he did not have her phone. That was the day after the prosecution believed she was murdered.
Therefore, the prosecutor asked the defendant how he could explain that both his and Kiflay’s phones received the same signals from the base station on the trip to Meråker. The defendants have no explanation except that they traveled the same path.
– But they will also bring him back to Trondheim, how do you explain it?
– That phone was not with me, said the defendant.
THE PLACE OF FINANCE: Forensic technicians in Trolla on April 7, where the deceased was found.
Photo: Bjarte Johannessen
He denies driving Trolla
The prosecution believes that the defendant transported her to Trolla, which is located outside Trondheim, where she was abandoned. On questioning, the defendant denied driving a car the night this is said to have happened.
But prosecutor Schjetne today presented traffic data from the defendant’s mobile phone showing he had been in the area for Trolla. An access card seized by the police also shows that the family’s car entered and exited the parking lot during this time.
The prosecutor continues to question the defendant as the case continues on Tuesday.
