Philip Manshaus’s father refuses to let police confiscate weapons

The father of terror convict Philip Manshaus must appear in Asker and Bærum district court because he refuses to allow the police to confiscate the weapons his son stole from him.

– The weapons have been stored according to the regulations in a weapon locker and the keys have been hidden in another address. That they have been stolen and used for a terrible act, he can do nothing, says lawyer Vibeke Hein Bæra, who represents Manshaus’s father, to TV 2.

Manshaus, who was sentenced to 21 years in prison on June 11 for the attack on the Al-Noor Mosque in Bærum and the murder of his half-sister, used three weapons from his father’s weapons closet for the attack. He had stolen a Remington rifle, a Carl Gustav rifle, and a shotgun.

Since then, the weapons have been seized by the police and now they want to formally confiscate the weapons to destroy them. However, the parent will not adopt it.

– He agrees in principle that he must be held accountable in this case, where he has lost his stepdaughter and has been subjected to an act that has hit him and his family very hard. In addition, such a fine may have consequences for your hunting license and therefore your hobby as a hunter, says Hein Bæra.

She says that the father, first of all, reacts to how he has been treated as a relative. There is also disagreement between the father and the police about whether the guns were properly locked.

It has not been decided when the trial will take place in the Asker and Bærum district court, or whether the father is entitled to a lawyer in the case.