Overview
- Høiby, whose bid for electronic monitoring was heard Wednesday, was ordered to remain in jail until a verdict expected in early June.
- Judge Hans Nikolai Førde said the risk of new violations had not fallen, citing the ease of contacting protected parties by mobile phone.
- Norway’s corrections service had found him suitable and approved a Skaugum address arranged by the Crown Prince couple, but police opposed the plan in an April 15 letter that cited about 1,000 contact‑ban breaches.
- His lawyer said they will appeal the ruling, and Høiby later wrote a newspaper column attacking the decision as “absurd.”
- He faces roughly 40 charges, including multiple rape allegations, with prosecutors seeking seven years and seven months, and only about a dozen of nearly 800 pre‑trial detainees in Norway currently serve under ankle‑monitor rules.