Norwegian teenager faces possible life term in UK murder-for-hire case

In a case that began when the Norwegian citizen arrived in Britain, investigators say he was tasked by the Swedish Foxtrot network to arrange a contract murder. After traveling to Manchester and then Huddersfield, he collected firearms hidden in a forest before police intervened at his hotel, finding a semi-automatic pistol, a revolver and ammunition. He pleaded guilty to illegal possession of weapons but maintains he never intended to carry out a killing.

The court in Woolwich will determine his sentence on Friday, with British law allowing a life-long term for murder conspiracies, though a minimum term may be set. The person who commissioned the hit, referred to only as “Agent 47,” and the intended target have not been identified. Defense counsel Saqib-Razo Razaq travelled to London to observe the sentencing and urged Norwegian authorities to have the case tried at home.