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| Breivik trial: Prosecutors make key sanity call | Breivik trial: Prosecutors make key sanity call |
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| Prosecutors in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik are due to make a key recommendation, on whether he should go to prison or into psychiatric care. | Prosecutors in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik are due to make a key recommendation, on whether he should go to prison or into psychiatric care. |
| Their decision rests on whether they believe he was sane when he killed 77 people in Norway last year. | Their decision rests on whether they believe he was sane when he killed 77 people in Norway last year. |
| The court has heard conflicting psychiatric evaluations. | The court has heard conflicting psychiatric evaluations. |
| Prosecutors are presenting their closing arguments, with the defence concluding on Friday, and a verdict is expected in July or August. | Prosecutors are presenting their closing arguments, with the defence concluding on Friday, and a verdict is expected in July or August. |
| Breivik bombed government buildings in Oslo before shooting young Labour Party supporters at an island camp on 22 July last year. | Breivik bombed government buildings in Oslo before shooting young Labour Party supporters at an island camp on 22 July last year. |
| As well as killing 77 people, he injured 242. | As well as killing 77 people, he injured 242. |
| Breivik sought to justify his attacks by saying they were necessary to stop the "Islamisation" of Norway. | Breivik sought to justify his attacks by saying they were necessary to stop the "Islamisation" of Norway. |
| 'Killing machine' | 'Killing machine' |
| One of the prosecutors, Inga Bejer Engh, told the court on Thursday that it had always been the prosecution's clear view that the case should be treated like any other criminal case. | One of the prosecutors, Inga Bejer Engh, told the court on Thursday that it had always been the prosecution's clear view that the case should be treated like any other criminal case. |
| "We must also accept this court will never find all the answers to our questions," she added. | "We must also accept this court will never find all the answers to our questions," she added. |
| "How did he become this killing machine? How many did he try to kill on that day?" | "How did he become this killing machine? How many did he try to kill on that day?" |
| Breivik could be seen smiling as he listened to the prosecutor. | |
| Before the trial, a court-ordered pair of psychiatrists found Breivik insane, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, and therefore not responsible for his actions. | Before the trial, a court-ordered pair of psychiatrists found Breivik insane, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, and therefore not responsible for his actions. |
| This caused an uproar in Norway. The court then ordered a second opinion which found Breivik sane, as did a number of other psychiatrists who had observed him in detention and in court. | This caused an uproar in Norway. The court then ordered a second opinion which found Breivik sane, as did a number of other psychiatrists who had observed him in detention and in court. |
| When they presented their formal indictment in March, Ms Engh and fellow prosecutor Svein Holden called for Breivik to be committed to psychiatric care, based on the first report. | When they presented their formal indictment in March, Ms Engh and fellow prosecutor Svein Holden called for Breivik to be committed to psychiatric care, based on the first report. |
| But they said they might change their recommendation if new information were to surface about his mental health. | But they said they might change their recommendation if new information were to surface about his mental health. |
| If judged to be sane, Breivik faces Norway's maximum prison sentence of 21 years, a sentence that can be extended as long as he is considered a threat to society. | If judged to be sane, Breivik faces Norway's maximum prison sentence of 21 years, a sentence that can be extended as long as he is considered a threat to society. |
| If he is found criminally insane, he could spend the rest of his life in psychiatric care. | If he is found criminally insane, he could spend the rest of his life in psychiatric care. |
| Breivik wants to be found sane, believing his extreme-right anti-Islam ideology would then have to be taken seriously, rather than being portrayed as the works of a madman, says the BBC's correspondent Lars Bevanger in court in Oslo. | Breivik wants to be found sane, believing his extreme-right anti-Islam ideology would then have to be taken seriously, rather than being portrayed as the works of a madman, says the BBC's correspondent Lars Bevanger in court in Oslo. |