Viggo Kristiansen

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subject_name = Viggo Kristiansen


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date_of_birth = May 24, 1979
place_of_birth = Kristiansand
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charge = Double rape, double murder and double sexual abuse of minors
penalty = 21 years in prison (containment)
status = Serving prison sentence
occupation = Garbage truck assistant (1997–2000)
Prisoner (2000–)
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Viggo Kristiansen (born May 24, 1979) is a Norwegian convicted child murderer and rapist. In 2002 he was convicted of the rape and murder of two girls aged 8 and 10 in Baneheia in Kristiansand on May 19, 2000, known as the Baneheia Case, and sentenced to 21 years in prison. [http://www.aftenposten.no/english/article275273.ece]

During his trial, he denied any involvement in the murders, and has continously maintained his innocence. Kristiansen is serving his sentence in Ila Prison.

Kristiansen confessed that he sexually abused a 7 year old girl a few years before the Baneheia case [http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=6857409] .

From 1997 to 2000, he worked as a garbage truck assistant.

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