The right wing extremist who massacred 77 people in twin attacks in Norway today called to be acquitted or given the death penalty.
Anders Breivik has said he expects to be acquitted or given the death penalty for massacring 77 people in Norway last year.
The 33-year-old right wing extremist told an Oslo court on Wednesday there were only "two just and fair" outcomes of his trial: "acquittal or capital punishment."
Breivik, who has admitted to the crimes and faces a 21 year jail sentence if found guilty, said: "I consider 21 years of prison as a pathetic punishment." Norway does not carry the death penalty.
Breivik said his attacks were inspired by "Serb nationalists" and that he distanced himself from "old school" right-wing ideology.
"The essence was to try to distance oneself sufficiently from national socialism because it was quite blood-stained," he told the court. "We felt it completely essential to do so. For the extreme right to be ever be able to prevail in Europe in the future, one had to distance oneself from the old school ideology."
The Serbs had a "crusader" mentality which he aspired to emulate, Breivik said.
He said he was more "liberal" than the Nazis and would allow a small number of non-Norwegans to live in the country.
"If I had feared death I would not have dared to carry out this operation," he said.
Earlier, Breivik refused to give details about his visit to London 10 years ago, during which he claimed an anti-Islamic organisation called the Knights Templar was founded.
Questioned by prosecution on whether he met fellow anti-Islamic activists including a character named 'Richard The Lionheart' in London in 2002, as detailed in his notorious manifesto, Breivik said there was a meeting but was evasive about the exact details.
"It is not in my interest to shed light on details that could lead to arrests," he told the Oslo court on Wednesday.
"There is nothing that is made up, but you have to see what is written in a context. It is a glorification of certain ideals," Breivik said in relation to his manifesto.
But he was warned by the judge that a refusal to give details in response to questioning could be used against him.
Prosecutors showed images of Breivik taken from his manifesto. A badge on the uniform read "Marxist Hunter"
Appearing on the third day of his trial for the murder of 77 people in July last year, the 33-year-old did not discuss claims in the document about his "English protestant host" and the founding session of the Knights Templar group.
Breivik told the court on Tuesday said he "would do it all again because he was motivated by goodness, not evil."
During the trial he told the judge: "I do not recognise the Norwegian courts"
The far-right extremist said his bombing campaign and shooting spree was the "most sophisticated and spectacular political attack seen in Europe" since World War II.
The killer wipes away a tear as the court sees his propaganda video
The killer's 30-minute testimony was not broadcast so as not to give a platform to his extreme views. However press were allowed to stay in court and report his views, and his full statement will be available later.
As Breivik has admitted to the Oslo car bomb and shooting in Utoya, the trial is likely to focus on whether or not the killer is sane. His defence team have said the extremist would like to be found legally sane.
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Anders Breivik has said he expects to be acquitted or given the death penalty for massacring 77 people in Norway last year.
The 33-year-old right wing extremist told an Oslo court on Wednesday the...
Anders Breivik has said he expects to be acquitted or given the death penalty for massacring 77 people in Norway last year.
The 33-year-old right wing extremist told an Oslo court on Wednesday the...
Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik has left journalists, family members and survivors in tears after telling a courtroom of his deadly rampage in horrific detail....
If there is one thing I learned over my journeys, and meetings, it is that there are no easy answers, no black and white; but it is natural to demand them. I say: beware what you wish for. We must be vigilant, and on guard, for those who promise such answers and peace through hatred.
Anders Breivik has been relating a harrowing account of the events surrounding the massacre of 77 innocent victims in Norway, but the testimony to date has, perhaps surprisingly given its raw detail, not really yet resolved any of the questions as to his motivation or mental state.
There remains some unanswered questions that few dared to ask, such as: how isolated are Breivik's political views? How many people, though firmly condemning his murderous act, share his concerns regarding the so-called 'Islamization' of Europe? Is he a deviant exception or a disquieting symptom?
If Anders Behring Breivik is found to be mentally competent, the toughest sentence Norwegian law can mete out is 21 years, though he may still remain incarcerated if he is deemed to be a danger to society. Breivik may be walking the streets by the time he's 55.
Is Breivik a madman? I'll leave that to psychiatrists. As a historian, I do recognize in him a peculiarly Western Christian transgression, one as old as Philip the Fair: projecting vile, sick and paranoid dreams onto the Knights Templar.
The amount of multiculturalism in his country was too much for this guy. The question Norway must ask itself now is does it continue increasing its immigration until the next mass killer is produced or does it call a halt to its immigration on the grounds that enough is enough? While the question we must ask ourselves is how long until it happens here?
grghrd8: The amount of multiculturalism in his country was too much
Ah well if you use the Name of the place of where the Whitehouse is, Comments will not be posted yet again!
Not deluded and I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say anyway!
Rickykwak: Ah well if you use the Name of the place
Norway is softer on violent criminals than we are in this country, (and that is saying something).
He will get a maximum 16 years in prison..even the relatives of the people he killed, (Jeremy Vine show) want him to receive a lenient sentence with help to rehabillitate him..
He is evil not sick...he will never be of any use to a civilised society..
paulie_boy: Norway is softer on violent criminals than we are in
His initial sentence is likely to be the maximum sentence under Norwegian law which is currently 21 years, not 16. Following on from that he will be assessed to judge his fitness (or otherwise) to return into Norwegian society. If judged as unfit (which he surely will be I'd imagine) he can then be detained for a further 5 years. The assessments then happen every 5 years until either 1) he dies in prison or, 2) he is judged as being rehabilitated and fit to return to society. Mr Breivik's future looks to me like it is likely to be spent inside the walls of a Norwegian jail until he is fitted for a coffin.
I wouldn't call that soft. I'd call it humane and just.
west_lothian_questioner: His initial sentence is likely to be the maximum sentence
Am I the only one who feels sadness at the fact that this monsters name will go down in history whilst the names of his victims will fall by the wayside for the most part. History has a horrible way of remembering the killers but not those they slaughtered. In that sense he has already achieved the notoriety he obviously so desperately craves.
redfragglebiker: Am I the only one who feels sadness at the
...no you're not - thank goodness - the only one, but isn't it always the way that the dastardly, the depraved, the murderous, the malicious are always remembered whereas their victims are often promptly forgotten..but he'll be notorious, rather than famous..
No normal, sensible person will be swayed by his diatribe and extreme right-wing bile, and his frantic attempts to 'distance himself from old school right-wing ideology' are insulting to his victims and simply won't wash with the vast majority of people.
Yes, he'll go down in history as a misguided, deluded fantasist - unless, of course, the mindless and willfully dim manage to spin his 'truth', making him their 'hero'.. some hero!!
happy to be your first 'fan'...
rabidrightwatch: ...no you're not - thank goodness - the only one,
The best way to punish this man is to turn the camera's off. You will see him fall apart then. I say no Hollywood films about this no books writan about his day that he shamed him self and his family. Just put him away with no outside contact other than his lawer and his family if they still want any thing to do with him that is.
cynic123: The best way to punish this man is to turn
I totally agree....death is too good for him. Incarcerate him, tell him he will never be released or allowed access to the outside world. No internet, no television, no visitors except family. His cell should be lined with the photos of the 70 plus victims that he murdered.....and be forced to listen to Barry Manilow for the rest of his life...now there's torture !!
treetopflyer64: I totally agree....death is too good for him. Incarcerate him,
One has to ask why setting the sentencing tariff for a massacre should be based on one crime and used in calculating the sentence here. He killed 77 people, maimed others, caused a life threatening explosion in a major city. If each was treated as a separate crime, with sentences to run consecutively, that would be sufficient justification to lock him up for a very long time. Even allowing 20 years for each death and a 50% reduction in the tariff for good conduct that would amount to 770 years. The annoying part is the amount that would have to be spent looking after him for the rest of his life, which in such a sheltered environment and humane treatment ( the latter probably ill deserved, but he would probably get it) ) could be a very long time indeed. But I guess that's the price of what some think of as justice.
Folkman: One has to ask why setting the sentencing tariff for
It's certainly the price that Norwegian society (including the bereaved and the survivors of Breivik's rampage) believe is right. The man will almost certainly be spending the remainder of his life inside prison walls.
west_lothian_questioner: It's certainly the price that Norwegian society (including the bereaved
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