This article describes an older murder case from Ilulissat.
We are back in the Sermersooq District Court on Monday morning, where the Blok 5 case is now on its fourth day and is nearing its end.
This article describes an older murder case from Ilulissat.
We are back in the Sermersooq District Court on Monday morning, where the Blok 5 case is now on its fourth day and is nearing its end.
From this morning, we have heard the 42-year-old man’s explanation to the police in October 2024. He said that he was familiar with the 20-year-old, whom he had seen near the Salvation Army. But both then and now he denies having killed him.
At the end of the interrogation, the police asked if he experiences becoming aggressive when he drinks. It has happened, he said, but usually there is a good atmosphere.
Convicted of murder in 2018
We also hear about a murder in Ilulissat in 2016, for which the accused man was convicted in 2018.
It appears from the verdict that he, together with another man, hit the victim in the head with a pot and a sharp object, while the friend filmed it. They let the victim hang from a wire from a fall log. In addition to the murder, the now 42-year-old was therefore convicted of indecent handling of a corpse.
But he was not then judged to be insane. He was sentenced to seven years in prison and was released in 2023.
The 42-year-old defendant caused concern during his stay in the institution with some strange text and drawings. The text is, among other things, about God, judgment and punishment, but it is difficult to find meaning in the material.
Declaration: 42-year-old is schizophrenic
The currently 42-year-old defendant was admitted to forensic psychiatric ward R3 in December 2024. R3 is the ward in Aarhus, where they specialize in mentally ill criminals from Greenland. Here the doctors conclude that the man is schizophrenic.
According to the forensic psychiatric statement, the 42-year-old said that he had been dead, but God had brought him back to life. However, he generally speaks incoherently, the statement notes at the same time.
It also appears that he has threatened other people and seems to change his mood very violently. He has indicated to the staff that he has looked in the mirror and experienced a strange man looking back at him.
Recommends placement judgment
Both the doctors in Aarhus and the Council of Medical Examiners recommend that the man be sentenced to a psychiatric hospital in Denmark, if he is found guilty.
The defender asks the 42-year-old man if it is his opinion that he gets the help he needs in Aarhus. Now the defendant says something in court for the first time in the case:
– Maybe, he replies.
Now we just need the closing remarks and, of course, the circuit court’s judgment.
