The prosecutor is demanding one year in jail against Victor JG, the federal road police officer in Bergen who caused Mawda’s death. ‘There was no reason for him to shoot. What Mr. JG did is not reasonable and prudent behavior that can be expected of an officer. ”
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During her sentence on Mawda trial, the prosecutor was harsh on Victor JG, the cop who caused Mawda’s death. He did something he couldn’t control and never did before. Shoot from zigzag vehicle to puncture another vehicle’s tire. At night then still. You don’t shoot in such circumstances. All the other police officers we interviewed in the case said they never would have. They say they never even thought about it. But he did. ‘
Yet the prosecution has not demanded the maximum sentence for accidental killing, which is two years in prison. She also had no doubts about the agent’s intentions. According to her, there is no homicide, as the family’s lawyers argue. ‘There is not a single objective element in the file that contradicts its version. He wanted to stop the vehicle. He shot the tapes, not to kill. An unexpected movement of the van and police car changed the trajectory of the shot. But that doesn’t justify his act. He didn’t use proportional violence, as a cop might be expected to do. “
No guilt insight, according to prosecutor
The prosecution described the trip of 70 kilometers that the van made with 27 transmigrants in it, racing across the E42 without wanting to stop. The van zigzagged and almost hit another van. Someone smashed the rear window and objects were thrown out. Suitcases, sleeping bags. Two children were shown through the windows to the policemen chasing. ‘
The pursuing policemen saw what was happening and decided to leave the van space and report it on their radio.
“It is true that there was a communication problem that night between the agents of Namur and those of Mons to which agent Victor JG belonged. But I am sure he knew there was at least one child in the van. He admitted this to Committee P himself in an interrogation. ‘
The prosecution criticized the cop’s behavior, which she said never showed guilt. “He has always pointed to others but has never taken responsibility himself.” She also took it seriously that he did not say immediately after the facts that he had shot.
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