An Oslo court extended on Friday by four weeks the decision to keep in total isolation the extremist Anders Behring Breivik, accused of two attacks committed on July 22 in Norway.
Behring Breivik, aged 32, appeared Friday in Court for the second time since his arrest, to extend the measure of total isolation, after an initial period of four weeks.
At the end of the hearing, judge Hugo Abelseth announced that Breivik will remain in total isolation until 19 September.
The magistrate has justified the decision by the risk that any communication with the outside world could lead to the disappearance of evidence.
During the hearing, Breivik compared his total isolation to a “sadistic torture”, said Hugo Abelseth.
“To be locked alone in a small cell is difficult”, said Geir Lippestad, Breivik’s lawyer, quoted by the press.
Because it was not authorized to wear a tuxedo, Breivik appeared Friday in court dressed “in a casual suit”, the lawyer said.
Oslo Court rejected on Wednesday his request to appear dressed in a tuxedo, saying that “it could be kept disturbing, insulting or provocative”. The Court also rejected his desire to wear a “uniform” at the first hearing on 25 July.
Breivik is accused of committing an armed attack at a meeting of Labour Youth on Utoya island, northwest of Oslo, and for the bombing that targeted on the same day the Norwegian government headquarters. In total, the two attacks have resulted in 77 deaths, including many young people.
Presenting himself as a “crusader” or a “Knight Templar” Breivik said that he is engaged in a war against the “Islamic invasion” and multiculturalism in Europe.
Currently held in a maximum security prison near Oslo, he confessed to having committed both attacks and said that he acted alone.