OSLO DISTRICT COURT (VG) An expert will demonstrate to the court on Wednesday that the weapons found at Valen’s address were not properly sealed according to regulations.
The 11 firearms were placed on a wooden table in the center of Room 127 of the Oslo District Court on Wednesday morning.
– An expert must demonstrate the weapons and show the court how they work and why they have not been rendered permanently inoperable, prosecutor Andreas Meeg-Bentzen tells VG.
In 2020, police found 11 firearms at Valen’s address that were not properly sealed in accordance with the regulation. In total, according to the indictment, the police are asking for the confiscation of more than 50 weapons.
Valen is charged with a serious violation of the gun law, illegal possession of a weapon and a drug offense.
Valen denies criminal culpability and said in his explanation on Monday that the weapons were sealed either by the police themselves or by reputable arms dealers.
In court, Valen said his fascination with guns, and especially weapons of war, started early.
Since then, he has amassed a large collection which the police have now seized.
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Several videos of skits and music videos made by Valen were shown on Monday. There was a significant proportion of props and weapons.
– Since 2007, Valen has focused on the use of props and weapons in her operations. They are featured in skits, plays, and TV series. Valen has after she has been media attention in 2007, following his dismissal a shooting in his apartment, was sarcastic on his behalf and focused on “weapon-Valen” as a character, defense counsel Heiberg said in court.
On the screens in room 127 of the District Court in Oslo, among other things, a skit by Valen was filmed in connection with the Gullfisken award ceremony on TV 2. Valen says TV 2 suggested doing a skit in which he contested the media image of “Våpen-Valen”.
The prosecutor’s office says it takes all cases involving guns seriously.
– Valen says these are movie props?
– That doesn’t make it legal anymore, prosecutor Meeg-Bentzen said on Monday.
The basic condition for the police to want to confiscate many of the weapons is that they believe there is an imminent danger of committing a crime.
On Monday, defender Heiberg asked Valen what he thought.
– If I can speak from “levra” with the dialect, it is “hål i håve”. It seems like another point that the police want to include to continue the harassment by simply abusing their power. That’s how I feel, Valen said.
