Police officer in Eastern Police District convicted of assault and death threats against ex-wife
A constable from the Eastern Police District has been sentenced to one year and four months in prison for assault, violence and death threats against his former spouse. He has also been removed from his position.
Police officer sentenced to prison and dismissed following three years of violence against spouse
A police constable from the Eastern Police District in Norway has been convicted of assault, violence and death threats against his former spouse, according to politiforum.no.
The abuse stretched over three years, from 2020 to 2023, and included physical violence, threatening text messages and death threats, according to the judgment delivered by Vestfold District Court last week.
The woman made secret audio recordings and notes along the way, which were subsequently used as evidence during the trial, according to NRK.
The woman's legal representative Lene Høivang emphasised to NRK that it had been particularly frightening for the victim that her former spouse actively used his police role as part of the threat picture against her.
The man himself has only admitted that on two occasions he put his former spouse on the floor — and maintains that this happened carefully.
Position removed
The man was sentenced to one year and four months in prison. He was also issued a five-year restraining order against the woman and ordered to pay 150,000 Norwegian kroner in compensation.
The court also removed him from his position as police constable in the Eastern Police District. He had already been suspended from his position in October 2025 as a result of the case.
In the court's reasoning, section 56, first paragraph, letter a of the penal code was invoked. The provision enables removal from office when the person in question is considered "unfit" — and the court established that general considerations supported precisely this response.
The court pointed out that the threshold for depriving someone of the right to hold an office is high, but that in this case there were several factors pointing towards a loss of rights.
In the judgment, it states among other things: "With a conviction for assault attached to him, this is far from desirable. He has furthermore made use of his position and his field of expertise in the police to make threats against the victim more realistic and thereby more frightening. And finally, he has made use of training in police techniques to exercise violence against the victim. He has undoubtedly shown himself unfit for a position in the police."
The man's defence counsel, lawyer Steinar Thomassen, told NRK on Monday evening that he had not yet spoken with his client and therefore could not comment on the judgment.
Source: Google News DK — Crime (da)