Breivik calls on neo-nazi in parole hearing

ANDERS BREIVIK, the Norwegian mass killer, has called Par Oberg, a prominent Swedish neo-nazi, to testify for him in his first parole hearing since being imprisoned 10 years ago.

Oberg, from the neo-nazi Nordic Resistance Movement, was last year found guilty of committing hate crimes, after he was recorded on film chanting the Nazi slogan “Sieg Heil!”, while disrupting a political festival in 2017.

Breivik, 42, has served the minimum 10 years of the 20-year sentence he was given for his 2011 twin terrorist attacks, which left 77 dead.

This means he is eligible for parole, so long as he can show he is no longer a danger to society.

Oystein Storrvik, Mr Breivik’s defence lawyer, told Norway’s TV2 that he would leave it to his client to explain his reasoning for calling Oberg.

“I can only say that he is wanted as a witness, and that he has said he is willing to testify. It will be revealed during the trial why he is there,” he said.

According to Randi Rosenqvist, a prison psychiatrist who will give evidence in court, Mr Breivik is unusual in how little remorse he has shown.

Breivik’s re-emergence in the public eye five years after his last court case will be painful for the friends and relatives of the 77 people he killed, particularly as his parole requests are likely to be renewed every one and a half years for at least the next decade.

“Every time this crops up, it will be a great strain for all those that this happened to,” Lisbeth Royneland, whose daughter Synne would have celebrated her 29th birthday today, told Norway’s state broadcaster NRK.