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In February 2015, Petter Slengesol was put into a van, beaten, threatened and mistreated. The only thing he could say to the assailants is a simple message:
– It must be a misunderstanding, he repeated over and over again.
In court today, one of the lead investigators in the case in which Slengesol is offended said they suspect the 33-year-old was not the one the assailants should have.
Why was Petter taken away?
The extensive robbery case in which two Polish men are sitting on the prosecution bench will be brought up this week in the Bergen District Court. Slengesol and the well-known businessman Reidar Osen (72) were attacked, kidnapped, robbed and abused in 2015.
UNDERSTANDABLE: The 33-year-old has always assumed he was wrongly designated as a target for assailants. Photography: Ole E. Ebbesen
In court, one of the main investigators in the case said that the police in the investigation asked questions because the two victims were two completely different types of victims.
– The two victims are very different. Osen is older and it is well known that he is rich. Slengesol is younger and not as well off, the researcher said.
I bought a car from a rich man from Bergen
Slengesol’s assistant attorney Ellen Eikeset Mjøs asked the investigator several questions about what could be the reason Petter Slengesol was the one who was assaulted and kidnapped.
The investigator then spoke about a car that Slengesol had bought used, shortly before the attack. As TV 2 understands, the car was not re-searched at the time of the attack.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE WRONG MAN: Petter Slengesol with his own car in which he was kidnapped and abused. Photo: Ole Enes Ebbesen
– This car was owned by the company of one of Bergen’s best-known businessmen. His profile is much more similar to Osen’s than Slengesol’s, the researcher said.
TV 2 has contacted the employer to comment on this matter, but has not yet received a response.
– Slengesol has always said it must have been the wrong man. what do you think about it? Eikeset Mjøs asked.
“I think there are many indications of that,” the investigator said in court.
TV 2 asked the investigator to explain this suspicion after the trial ended, to which he refused.
– Nothing to support the defendant’s version.
Last week, the first of the two defendants, a 36-year-old man, explained that the Slengesol assault was related to a drug-related settlement in Bergen.
The man said Petter Slengesol would receive a “lesson” because he had defrauded criminals in a drug case.
– It is complete madness and of course it has no roots in reality, Petter Slengesol told TV 2.
The investigator in court was asked if they had found information in his work indicating that the defendant’s allegations are true.
– There is no information, neither in the investigation, in our open records nor in the police intelligence that supports these complaints, said the investigator in court.
The case is scheduled to end next Monday.
