34-year-old Thomas Nedregård-Rubbås stood at the checkout and packed goods he had bought in a bag at a Coop store in Fauske, when he July 13 last year was brutally attacked.
A man in his late 20s approached him and stabbed him several times in the upper body with a screwdriver. According to a recent verdict from Salten and Lofoten District Court, the last sting must have hit Nedregård-Rubbås in the neck or neck region, and he must then have fallen to the floor without taking action, so that he hit his head hard. The man in his 20s then quickly left the store with the screwdriver in his hand.
Nedregård-Rubbås was transported to hospital where he remained for several weeks, before he died as a result of head injuries on 2 August 2020.
Did not remember
The man in his 20s has after the incident explained that he does not remember any of what happened inside the store, but he has admitted that it was he who stabbed the 34-year-old.
Before he attacked Nedregård-Rubbås, the man in his 20s also stabbed another person with the screwdriver outside the shop. The person was not life-threateningly injured.
The deceased, the other man who was attacked and the now convicted man had a relationship with each other.
When the trial went to Salten and Lofoten District Court in June, prosecutor Erik Tronæs asked that the accused man be convicted. for detention for six years and four months. But the district court thought there was no reason for detention, and ended up in prison for five years and eleven months.
– After an overall assessment, the court has come to the conclusion that there is no real and qualified danger that the accused will again commit a serious violent crime if he is released today, the court writes about the decision.
– Should spend plenty of time
The man is also sentenced to pay reparation of 125,000 kroner to each of the deceased’s parents, as well as their funeral expenses. He must also pay 15,000 kroner in restitution to the other man he stabbed with a screwdriver, as well as 40,000 kroner to Nordland Hospital for damage he did while he was hospitalized there.
In a comment on the verdict, the convicted man’s defender, Torgeir Falkum, says that he is familiar with the verdict. They will now look at whether they want to appeal the verdict.
– I think we should spend plenty of time assessing the verdict properly, Falkum says to TV 2.
TV 2 has tried to get a comment from the assistance lawyer to the deceased’s family, but so far without success.
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