“Why would I have laughed when I was there? That is not true. It was
horrible. I did not smile,” he told the court on April 20.
Breivik has been charged with committing terrorist acts when he first bombed a
government building in Oslo, killing eight people, before heading out to
Utoya to massacre 69 mostly teenage participants at an AUF summer camp.
He has confessed to the acts but has refused to plead guilty, insisting the
twin attacks were “cruel but necessary” to stop the Labour Party’s “multicultural
experiment” and the “Muslim invasion” of Norway
and Europe.
Although he is certain to be found guilty, his 10-week trial should determine
the question of his sanity.
If the court finds him sane, Breivik will face Norway’s maximum 21-year prison
sentence, but that term can be extended for as long as he is considered a
threat to society.
If he is found criminally insane however, he will be sent to a closed
psychiatric care unit for treatment.
That is a fate Breivik, who is intent upon showing that his anti-Islam
ideology is not the ravings of a lunatic, has described as “worse than
death”.
Five judges will decide whether he should be considered sane or not when they
hand down their verdict in mid-July.
Source: AFP
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