Inga Bejer Engh

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Inga Bejer Engh (born December 31, 1970 ) is a Norwegian public prosecutor .

Career

After studying law in Norway, she worked for the United Nations in the field of international law in New York from 1997 . Before she was appointed prosecutor at the age of 32, she worked in her hometown Drammen court , the Oslo criminal court and the Asker and Bærum Police Chamber . She has been a public prosecutor in Oslo since 2002. a. Prosecutor in the trial of the Norwegian neo-Nazi Tore Tvedt, who will be heard as a witness in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik .

She became internationally known for taking on the indictment in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the 2011 attacks in Norway . In addition to her, her colleague Svein Holden represented the indictment against Breivik. Through her role in cross-examination with the defendant, she gained notoriety far beyond Norway. Since it is controversial to what extent it is responsible towards the victims to give the accused space for presumed propaganda , the work of the two public prosecutors in this process was under close international observation. Engh said he accepted the case without hesitation.

Private

Engh is married and has two sons, she lives in Drammen.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Public prosecutor with her own free will by Thomas Haug, Kleine Zeitung Online ( memento of April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on April 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ Terror indictment unveiled for Norway massacre by Bjoern H. Amland, The Washington Times Online , (English), accessed April 19, 2012.
  3. ↑ Why Anders Breivik's trial seems strange to the eyes of an English lawyer by Paul Mendelle, Guardian Online , (English), accessed April 19, 2012.
  4. ↑ The Emotional Dead and His Deeds by Christian Böhme, The European , accessed on April 19, 2012.
  5. ↑ It cornered the assassin on Focus Online , accessed April 19, 2012.
  6. ^ La procureure a choisi de lui parler "gentiment" by Daniel Sannum Lauten, France Soir , (French), accessed on April 19, 2012.
  7. Jump up ↑ The Woman Who Cornered Breivik by Dana Schülbe, RP Online , accessed April 19, 2012.
  8. ↑ Breivik's strong opponent by Gerald Traufetter, SPON , accessed on April 19, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Engh, Inga Bejer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian public prosecutor
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1970