Anders Breivik murder trial judge caught on camera playing solitaire in court

By
Ian Garland

10:04 EST, 4 June 2012

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10:48 EST, 4 June 2012

After seven weeks in court, the murder trial of Anders Breivik must be getting a little tedious for the five judges whose job it is to decide the Norwegian mass killer’s fate.

One of the men presiding over the lengthy trial has been caught on camera playing solitaire on his laptop.

As the Oslo trial entered its eighth week on Monday, TV cameras clearly captured lay judge Ernst Henning Eielsen tackling the tricky card game when he should have been listening to the evidence of a Swedish professor.

Playtime: Anders Breivik (top left) looks on as the judge (centre) plays solitaire

Playtime: Anders Breivik (top left) looks on as the judge (centre) plays solitaire

The image is likely to anger relatives of the 77 people Breivik, 33, admits he murdered in two attacks in Norway last year.

But a spokesman for the Oslo court insisted Mr Eielsen was concentrating.

Irene Ramm told AFP: ‘The judges are attentively following
what is being said and what is being presented to the court.

‘There are different ways of staying focused.

It’s not the first scandal to hit the high profile trial.

In April another lay judge was dismissed after it was discovered he had commented on the case on Facebook.

In the aftermath of the killings last year, Thomas Indebro wrote: “The death penalty is the only just sentence in this case!!!!!!!!!!”

Breivik killed eight people in a bomb attack on a government building in the capital Oslo, before shooting to death 69 teenagers at a youth camp on the island of Utoya.

He has confessed to the killings, but denies criminal responsibility on the grounds the attacks were an act of ‘self-preservation’
carried out to protect the ‘indigenous’ population of Norway from
immigration.

His trial, designed to determine if he is sane, is expected to last 10 weeks.

If he is, he will be sent to prison, if he’s ruled insane, he will be held in a psychiatric institution.

Killer: Brievik admits killing 77 people in Oslo last summer, but is pleading not guilty

Killer: Brievik admits killing 77 people in Oslo last summer, but is pleading not guilty

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Well why not only paper n pens?

There are a lot of things said during a long murder trial, not of them 100% relevant to everybody in the courtroom 100% of the time. It’s likely that this was the case here.

This is HOW mis-trials occur.
Males cannot fully utilize their audio cortex and the same time whilst the visual cortex is fully engaged.
There is far too much scientific research on this, its why Women accuse us of ‘not listening’ when we read or watch football.

It’s irrelevant anyway he admits guilt and says he’s not insane (although truly crazy people don’t know it), the whole trials a waste of time and money he should just be locked up for the entirety of his life without giving further publicity to his “cause”

I wouldn’t give that monster the time of day…lock him up and throw the key away

Its better than watching that vile sadistic emotional retard with 75% of his grey matter missing.

How can you concentrate on FreeCell when there’s a court case going on?

I find playing with Lego makes me listen better, I understand that if the tips of your fingers are touching something your brain works better…

The ordinary citizen is expected to respect judges but that cuts both ways. Looks like Complacent Judge Disease (CJD) doesn’t just infect the UK.

I’d be a lot happier if he was playing hangman..

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