The courtroom was full on Wednesday morning, the knife murder of the woman in Väse has aroused great interest.
The three neighbors who were with the woman on the day in question could not attend the hall but followed the hearing from another room.
Attacked on the patio
It was on June 8 that the woman and three of her neighbors were sitting on the patio by the rental sling in Väse that she was suddenly attacked by the man with a knife.
Despite life-saving efforts, the woman died on the spot.
The police were able to arrest the suspect fairly immediately.
The man's diaries
According to the indictment, residents felt harassed by the man and several were afraid of him.
The man himself felt that he was the one who was exposed by the other residents.
In his diary entries, he especially directed hatred and death threats at the victim.
Hear what defense attorney Thomas Martinson thinks about the man covering his ears in the courtroom and why the man neither denies nor admits crime.