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Breivik’s mother avoids testifying

April 17, 2012  

The mother of mass murder and terror defendant Anders Behring Breivik has been granted permission to refuse to testify at her son’s trial, which started this week. Court officials said she won the reprieve for health-related reasons.

Both the prosecution and defense attorneys reportedly had been interested in questioning her in court on Breivik’s background and behavior before he launched last summer’s attacks that killed 77 persons.

As the defendant’s closest relative, she would have been able to refuse to testify, but her name nonetheless was included on a list of those the prosecution wanted to summon. Defense attorneys for Breivik had already decided not to summon her, however, because Breivik himself didn’t want his mother in court. The two reportedly have had no contact since his attacks on July 22.

Irene Ramm, information chief for the Oslo City Court (Oslo Tingrett), said Breivik’s mother had applied for an exemption from a summons, and the court granted it a few days ago.

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  • kafantaris

    It as a testament to our civility that the parents of the teenage children Anders Breivik has individually and methodically killed have yet to rip his heart out with their bare hands. But to give this coward, this pathetic loser, this depraved monster, a forum for his obsessive ramblings adds insult to their injury.
    Those detached enough to consider that perhaps Breivik has something to say should reflect that in the free market place of ideas, his divisive thinking has won little support. To give support to his fixated ideas now, after his shooting of scores of young people, not only perverts justice, but also beats the drums for vengeance.
    The sanctity of human life does not allow us to even consider the possibility that there might be some validity in what Breivik is saying. He should find no audience with us. His killings have shaken us to the core. And though infamy and oblivion might be the worse we might deal him as a civilized society, may he find no peace on earth as long as he shall live.

  • John Ahern

    Still there is no discussion about the question of Multiculturalism. Clearly that conversation needs to take place irrespective of whether or not one supports the concept. There is an issue in society that remains unaddressed. Learning cannot occur without questioning. Should selective historical amnesia occur, repeated historical mistakes will occur.