All five men convicted of the double murder in Herlev outside Copenhagen last summer will appeal their sentences. This is what their defense lawyers inform SVT.
He wants to appeal?
- Yes, we have to wait until we get the verdict to see what is in it and what the court has emphasized. Later I will go home and see if there is anything else I could have done, says David Neutzsky-Wulff, who defends the 20-year-old who was sentenced to life, to SVT.
Did he say anything about the victims?
- No nothing.
Rolf Gregersen defends the 25-year-old who was also sentenced to life in prison for the double murder. He also states that they will appeal the verdict.
How does your client react to being sentenced to life?
- Firstly, he was very surprised to be convicted at all because he had expected him to be released, says Rolf Gregersen.
The defendants for the double murder in Herlev, Denmark, are sentenced for the double murder and for belonging to a gang. Three of the men are sentenced to life imprisonment, the two youngest receive a 20-year prison sentence. The designated leader, a 22-year-old, laughed in the courtroom before the news came.
- It is an unusually brutal murder, said the chairman of the court in Copenhagen Katrine BB Eriksen.