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Norwegian appeals court rejects Marius Borg Høiby's bid to end electronic monitoring

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A Norwegian appeals court on Wednesday rejected Marius Borg Høiby's appeal against continued pre-trial detention with an electronic ankle monitor, ordering him to remain under house arrest at Skaugum for four additional weeks. The Borgarting Court of Appeal upheld a lower court's Monday decision to extend the measure, after Høiby had sought release with a reverse tracking device instead.

The Oslo District Court had found a significant risk of reoffending if Høiby were freed with only a violence alarm, a conclusion the appeals court said remained unchanged. Høiby, represented by defence lawyer Petar Sekulic, has been in custody since February and under electronic monitoring at Skaugum since 13 July.

Høiby was sentenced in June to four years in prison for offences including the rape of two women and domestic abuse against Nora Haukland. Parts of the verdict remain under appeal, keeping him in pre-trial detention pending a new hearing.

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  1. Norwegian appeals court rejects Marius Borg Høiby's bid to end electronic monitoring
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