Norway - Lena Paulsen, 10, & Stine Sorstronen, 8, slain, Baneheia, 19 May 2000

A Norwegian double child rapist and murderer has been out on leave without guards, after serving just 14 years of a 21-year sentence. The crime is particularly horrendous as Stine Sofie Sørstrønen, 8, had to watch her friend, Lena Sløgedal Paulsen, being raped and stabbed, and the killers arguing over who would kill her, before she died.

The young girls had gone missing while swimming at Baneheia and their bodies were found two days later.

Viggo Kristiansen, 35, was found to be the chief instigator of the May, 2000 killings, and received the 'supreme' penalty of 21 years. His friend Jan Helge Andersen, 33, was only convicted of the murder of Stine and received 19 years. He has already had frequent day leave and is likely to be released very soon.

Kristiansen's lawyer, Arvid Sjødin, is currently trying to get his case reheard, saying that there's been a miscarriage of justice.

Ada Sofie Austegard, mother of Stine, said it was awful to hear the news, although she expected it. She wishes Norway had life sentences:

"I'm afraid that someone else will get the same fate as Stine and Lena."

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I will never understand these lenient sentences, these men tortured, raped 2 little girls, they should be in prison for the rest of their lives. Why was he out on leave?! They deserve to be imprisoned for their whole lifetime because of what they've done and because they are a danger to children everywhere. These type of crimes cannot be repaid to society just by a 19 yr sentence. jmo

Wow.

A man who wrongly served 21 years in prison for the rape and murder of girls aged eight and ten was today cleared in one of Norway's 'most serious miscarriages of justice.'

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