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Norway: [Lutheran] Gang Leader Convicted |
2007-06-08 |
The man believed to be one of the Oslo area's most powerful gang leaders was sentenced this week to nine years of special custody and he effectively lost his house. He allegedly ran a virtual torture chamber in the basement of his home. Arshad Mahmood, age 38, was sentenced to the special custody known as forvaring, which is designed to protect the public from the country's most dangerous criminals. A court in Romerike, northeast of Oslo, also seized Mahmood's Mercedes and NOK 890,000, which means he also has to give up his house in Ullensaker, where police found several badly beaten hostages last autumn. The judge clearly didn't believe Arshad Mahmood's story that his hostages had threatened him. Gee, does this mean there's no recourse to a restraining order in Norsky courts? Mahmood is the purported leader of Oslo's so-called "A-gang." There's a Pakistani "B-gang", too. He's been convicted numerous times for violence, assault and making threats. Psychiatrists claim he has a split personality, which makes it unproblematic for him to commit violent crimes while at the same time maintaining a seemingly normal family life. It's a widely-known disease: Breathing While Jihadi Syndrome His children, Sounds like the night shift in Baghdad. The relatively harsh sentence against Mahmood is seen as an important part of police efforts to crack down on gangs in Norway. Uff da, Inshallah |
Posted by:mrp |
#12 Lutheran? *heh* "You call that a hot dish?!" blam blam blam blam |
Posted by: eLarson 2007-06-08 16:30 |
#11 He allegedly ran a virtual torture chamber in the basement of his home. He's been convicted numerous times for violence, assault and making threats... nine years of special custody...relatively harsh sentence Therein lies the great Euro-US division. |
Posted by: Baba Tutu 2007-06-08 15:26 |
#10 Penguin gets my vote for the 'Understated Snark of the Week' award! Yup! I second the emotion. Put the lot of them on a raft and set it alight. If any attempt to swim for shore they are recaptured and get the special treatment. Whoa! You mean the raft wasn't the special treatment? |
Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-08 15:02 |
#9 And what of the relatives who one imagines were aware a torture chamber was on site? Put the lot of them on a raft and set it alight. If any attempt to swim for shore they are recaptured and get the special treatment. |
Posted by: Excalibur 2007-06-08 14:54 |
#8 Penguin gets my vote for the 'Understated Snark of the Week' award! |
Posted by: Steve White 2007-06-08 13:53 |
#7 The name Arshad Mahmood must be a typo. If this is Oslo, NORWAY, his real name has to be something like Arne Mammosen... Uh huh... |
Posted by: BigEd 2007-06-08 13:42 |
#6 Wow! A whole nine years for organized crime, multiple kidnapping and torture. The Norse really locked him up and threw away the key. With the newly discovered Paris Hilton medical syndrome, Mahmood will be out in 3 days. |
Posted by: ed 2007-06-08 13:40 |
#5 Norway's use of forvaring is very interesting. Look it up, you'll find that there isn't much on it in English, very hush, hush. Some kind of renewable prison term, a legal black hole of sorts. It sounds like just desserts for an asshole like this. |
Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-06-08 13:35 |
#4 'Bout effing time. Scandinavia's clock is ticking down fast. |
Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-08 13:34 |
#3 "He allegedly ran a virtual torture chamber in the basement of his home." Was this on a PC or do you need one of those Wii things? |
Posted by: Penguin 2007-06-08 13:25 |
#2 Arshad Mahmood. I'll bet he can trace his ancestry back to the Vikings, right? |
Posted by: tu3031 2007-06-08 13:25 |
#1 That 890,000 NOK is worth a bit less than $150,000 at recent exchange rates. |
Posted by: mhw 2007-06-08 13:11 |