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– Little was done to find her, aid attorney Svein Holden said at the trial in Trondheim on Friday.
Cathrine Sand was stabbed to death in Lademoen on October 27 last year. The accused (47) lived in the municipal apartment and was under mandatory mental health care. He was declared psychotic after previous convictions.
– Nobody made great attempts to find Cathrine.
Svein Holden represents the parents of the deceased. In his proceedings at the Sør-Trøndelag District Court on Friday, he criticized the lack of action by the public sector before the murder.
Sand had a long history of mental illness. A few years ago, he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
Neither the defendant nor Cathtrine should have been in the apartment tonight. This murder should never have taken place, says Svein Holden.
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She was last admitted to Østmarka in Trondheim on August 29, 2019, two months before she was assassinated. During a trip in the area with staff, she escaped. According to Holden, it had to be assumed that he later spent a lot of time in the defendant’s apartment. The two were in a relationship.
– No one made great attempts to find Cathrine and bring her back to Østmarka, Holden said in court.
– The murder should never have happened
The assistance attorney also reacts to the fact that conditions for the defendant did not tighten after he drove for 1,200 months prior to the murder.
– We are facing a person in compulsory mental health care. However, nothing happens. There is no one to tighten the terms and drive him away from the apartment, says Holden.
He also referred to one of the neighbors as a witness in court. He warned several times about the conditions in the apartment and said that both the defendant and the deceased needed help.
Neither the defendant nor Cathtrine should have been in the apartment tonight. This murder should never have happened, Holden says.
He asked for absolution
Defense attorney Tore Angen agreed with the development assistance attorney in his criticism of the health service in this case.
– There is public failure on several levels, Angen said in his proceeding.
Regarding the murder charge against the client, Angen said she believes it has not been proven that it was the 47-year-old who killed Sand. He himself says that he does not think of anything.
Angen noted that the third person in the apartment was very drunk when the police arrested him. Angen asked if the witness could remember much of what happened.
On Friday, the prosecutor filed a claim for a new sentence on mandatory mental health care for the defendants.
As the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision is investigating the case, St. Olav Hospital and Trondheim Municipality previously informed NRK that they will not comment on the treatment of the accused.
