Øygarden Murder Case: Supreme Court Rejects Appeal

Norway's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's sentence for Vahid Heydari Mohammadi, who was convicted of the 2024 murder of Tina Milena Solberg in Øygarden. The court rejected Mohammadi's appeal, meaning his sentence of 16 years and 6 months in prison, with a minimum term of eleven years, will remain in effect. Mohammadi had appealed the sentence but not the guilty verdict. Solberg, a mother of two, was found to have been strangled to death in her home on January 7, 2024. Her remains were discovered later that day in a burnt-out car in Øygarden, near Bergen. Mohammadi was also convicted of mistreating the two children he shared with Solberg. The Supreme Court's appeals committee unanimously decided not to hear the case, confirming the Gulating Court of Appeal's ruling. Mohammadi's defense lawyer, Nils Christian Nordhus, was not immediately available for comment.