Norway king's stepson can be released from custody while awaiting rape case appeal, court rules
The court imposed police reporting and drug and alcohol testing as prosecutors appealed the release order.
- A Norwegian district court ruled on Monday that Marius Borg Hoiby, the 29-year-old stepson of King Haakon, can be released from custody and have his electronic ankle monitor removed while awaiting an appeal hearing.
- Hoiby has been in pre-trial detention since February after being sentenced in June to four years in prison for two counts of rape, domestic violence, and other crimes.
- Under the ruling, Hoiby must routinely report to police and submit to drug and alcohol testing in the coming month while his appeal trial is scheduled for February.
- Prosecutors immediately appealed the decision on Monday, asking for it to be suspended pending review by a higher court, which could overturn the release.
- Previously confined to the Skaugum estate with an ankle monitor, Hoiby remains subject to the higher court's decision on whether to overturn the release while awaiting trial.
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NORWAY'S queen's son Marius Borg Høiby remains in custody after a court overturned a decision to release him ahead of a new rape trial.
The 29-year-old son of the Queen of Norway will be released from house arrest and deprived of his electronic tracking device until he appeals the crimes for which he was convicted, an Oslo court decided on Monday.
Norwegian justice removes the son of Queen Mette-Marit of Norway, but the prosecution freezes the decision
Sentenced to four years in prison for rape and domestic violence, Marius Borg Høiby hoped to regain his freedom before his appeal. On Monday, 2 November, the son of Mette-Marit of Norway won the case before the court, but the prosecution decided otherwise.
On Monday, Marius Borg Høiby appeared at the Oslo District Court after requesting to be released last week. The District Court agreed with him and decided that he should be released, but the prosecution ...
A court in Oslo agreed on Monday to remove the son of Queen Mette-Marit of Norway, Marius Borg Høiby, who was sentenced last June to four years in prison for two rape cases and for ill-treatment of one of her ex-girlfriends. Høiby, whose case will be submitted to an appeal trial in February, had been in pre-trial detention since February, although the court agreed in July to subject him to a home regime with an electronic anklet. Prosecutor Oda …
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