26-year-old convicted of attempted contribution to terrorist act

The penalty for violations of section 131 subsection 3, cf. subsection 2 (b), cf. section 15 (two counts) and section 136 (a) was 13 years and 10 months of imprisonment. The convicted person's participation in ISIL consisted in promoting the organisation's message, including by incitements to terrorist acts on social media. The activities on social media were considered attempted contribution to terrorist acts in Denmark and England. The Supreme Court found, unlike the Court of Appeal, that the incitements to terrorist acts in Denmark showed that his intent to commit the offences was sufficiently concretised, also for this act, to convict him of attempted contribution to terrorist acts, and not of incitement to terrorist acts.

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Area of law: Criminal law

Key paragraphs: 20, 22‒23, 31‒32 og 54‒56

Parties: The Public Prosecution Authority (Counsel Geir Evanger) v. A (Counsel Nils Christian Nordhus)

Justices: Indreberg, Bull, Bergsjø, Ringnes, Steinsvik