Norway Appeal Court Keeps Marius Borg Høiby Jailed on 40 Charges Until Verdict
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Updated · Royal Central · Jun 11
Norway Appeal Court Keeps Marius Borg Høiby Jailed on 40 Charges Until Verdict
3 articles · Updated · Royal Central · Jun 11
Summary
Borgarting Court of Appeal on Wednesday reversed a district court order that would have freed 29-year-old Marius Borg Høiby, keeping him in custody until judges deliver a verdict next week.
Judges said the risk of reoffending had not materially changed since a May ruling and cited concern he could contact a former girlfriend central to part of the prosecution case.
Monday's lower-court decision had found continued detention "disproportionately intrusive," noting Høiby had stayed drug-free in prison and arguing he should be allowed to support Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
Høiby faces 40 charges, including four rape counts, while prosecutors are seeking 7 years and 7 months in prison; he denies the rape allegations but has admitted some lesser drug and traffic offences.
The custody fight has unfolded as Mette-Marit, 52, was placed on a lung-transplant waiting list last week after her pulmonary fibrosis worsened, intensifying scrutiny on a case already shadowing Norway's royal household.