Oslo: Prosecutors in the case of Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik asked a court to declare him insane and send him to mental institution instead of prison.
If court gives such a verdict, this would mean that Breivik would avoid criminal responsibility for the heinous act.
Prosecutor Svein Holden said there were still doubts about Breivik’s insanity but he should be placed in psychiatric care instead of prison, BBC reported.
“We request that he is transferred to compulsory psychiatric care,” Holden told the court in closing arguments.
Though there was conclusive evidence that Breivik was psychotic during the July 22 attacks, there were enough doubts about his sanity that he cannot be sentenced to prison under Norwegian law, Holden said.
The defence is likely to refute the insanity finding on Friday, the last day of the 10-week trial. Breivik, who styles himself as an anti-Muslim militant, claims he is sane and that his attacks were motivated by his political views, The Christian Science Monitor reported.
Earlier in the trial, Breivik said the psychiatric dimension of the case was a way for Norwegian authorities to ridicule him and divert attention from his ideology.
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