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Three of the four people charged after the illegal cave party in Oslo have been named defenders.
The Oslo Police District announces this in a press release.
The fourth defendant wanted a lawyer other than the designated one, but the Oslo District Court has not yet designated who it will be.
Life-threatening police minutes in the cave
– Not responsible
Lawyer Bendik Falch-Koslung tells Dagbladet that he cannot see that his client committed a crime.
– He hasn’t been questioned yet, but I’ve spoken to him. From what he explains, I don’t see that he did anything criminal, says Falch-Koslung.
According to the defender, the man says that he was not the organizer.
– He has not had any role that makes it natural for him to be charged. He has been there, but many have been.
– It is important to point out for his part that he has not had any organizing role and was not responsible for this match in any way, he adds.
I risk his life. Now the police are talking
Falch-Koslung says it has not been determined when his client will be questioned.
– He thinks like everyone else that it is tragic, and he never believed when he went to that party that it would have such consequences. He also hopes that those in the hospital are fine, of course.
I will not comment
Attorney Jan Erik Teigum also defends one of the accused.
– I don’t want to comment on the accusation, Teigum tells Dagbladet.
Nor will he comment on whether an interrogation of his client is planned and whether the client admits guilt or not.
Supervisor Warning: – No Antidote
Katrine Holter, who is defending one of the other defendants, doesn’t want that either.
– At the moment we do not want to comment on the case, he tells Dagbladet.
Expanded charges
Already the day after the party, two people, said to have played an organizing role, were charged after the cave party.
This week, two more people were charged, they are also said to have played an organizing role.
The charges were also extended, the Oslo police told VG.
All four are charged with negligence for causing significant damage to the body or health, violation of the Communicable Diseases Law, and unauthorized access and stay in the bunker.
27 to the hospital
It was the night before Sunday August 30 that a random police patrol discovered the illegal party in the cave.
All emergency services moved to the bunker at the Colletts gate in St. Hanshaugen and found several of the party participants unconscious. Some had to be carried out during the evacuation.
A total of 27 people were taken to the hospital after being poisoned with carbon monoxide. Two units kept the sound and lighting systems alive. The party co-organizers have explained to Dagbladet and other outlets that the units were placed in a room and sealed, but the seal must have been broken by other party participants.
Then even the large amounts of dangerous carbon monoxide – carbon monoxide – in the bunker rooms where the party took place.
Five seriously injured after party in the cave
Up to 200 participants
Police have previously estimated that there may be as many as 200 people in total who attended the party.
The accident could have been fatal, Dag Jacobsen at the Oslo University Hospital emergency department told NRK last week.
At the same time, the hospital stated that the party participants who were still hospitalized received treatment for brain damage.
Jacobsen went on to say, that is, that “the episode could have been Norway’s worst accident in peacetime.”
