Sentence for violations of ban on visits
Supreme Court judgment 20 April 2021, HR-2021-847-A, (case no. 21-004563STR-HRET)
A (CounselJohn Christian Elden)
v.
The Public Prosecution Authority (Counsel Asbjørn Eritsland)
Justices: Skoghøy, Kallerud, Arntzen, Falch, Thyness
The sentence for five violations of section 168 (b) of the Penal Code and for one attempted violation of the same, was seven months of imprisonment. The convicted person had violated a ban on visits imposed for the protection of his three oldest children, see section 222 a of the Criminal Procedure Act. The basis for the ban was his threatening behavior in a regime with strong social control. The violations took place while he was on trial in the Court of Appeal for aggravated threats against two of his children, which resulted in a prison sentenced of one year and eight months. This prehistory aggravated the violations of the ban on visits. The sentence was reduced by one month due to delay in the investigation. It was also taken into account that the restraining order imposed under section 57 of the Penal Code now applied to all of his children, see section 29 subsection 2 of the Penal Code.