Overview
- Norway’s Supreme Court, which ruled Wednesday, turned down Marius Borg Høiby’s appeal for electronic monitoring, so he remains in pretrial custody.
- Judges pointed to a high risk of reoffending, echoing earlier refusals by the Oslo District Court and Borgarting appeals court after his violation of a contact ban.
- Høiby asked to serve detention under monitoring at the Crown Prince couple’s residence in Skaugum and said isolation in jail was harmful, while his mother’s lung disease made prison visits hard due to poor air quality.
- The trial ended in March and a judgment is set for June 15, with prosecutors seeking seven years and seven months and the defense asking for 18 months and acquittal on the rape counts.
- The indictment lists 40 charges that include four alleged rapes and claims that victims were filmed, which he denies, though he has admitted violence and property damage while under alcohol and cocaine.