Her lawyer is also waiting for an answer and is considering whether the question should go a step past the city court.
The search came after police received a report that Alexandru in the Facebook group “Stop Paragraph 113” shared a photo.
The picture came from a demonstration against the corona restrictions and depicts a Mette Frederiksen doll with fire in it. The doll is mounted on a sign with the text “She must and must be killed”. The picture has been brought in the media.
The police do not have easy access to private homes. The Administration of Justice Act lays down the rules for when law enforcement may enter. It must do so when “the search must be presumed to be of significant importance to the investigation”, the law states.
At the same time, the police must have the court’s permission to carry out the search in the form of a ruling. Only in cases where the police deem it strictly necessary to search here and now, search may take place without a court order.
Also in the case where the suspect invites the police inside, a search must be carried out. In that case, the police must have written consent.
Jonas Christoffersen is a lawyer for Vivian Alexandru. He tells Ritzau that he has written to the East Jutland Police to find out more about the process.
– My client has told me that the police are contacting. She asks if they have a court order. They do not answer directly, but say that they are allowed to enter, says Jonas Christoffersen.
Inside the apartment, police take fingerprints and DNA samples from Alexandru. Just like they also take pictures of her tattoos.
– She allows them to take her phone and computer with them when she is told that she will get them back the next day, says Jonas Christoffersen.
When the police take things from people, it is called a seizure. Seizure also requires permission from the court, unless the suspect gives written permission or the police consider it necessary to make seizure here and now.
Ritzau has asked the East Jutland Police what provisions in the Code of Judicial Procedure the police have leaned on in connection with the interventions against Vivian Alexandru. But the answer is silence.
Chief Inspector Klaus Arboe Rasmussen states via email from the communications department that Ritzau’s questions “relate to an ongoing investigation, which is why we currently do not want to answer them”.
Jonas Christoffersen informs Ritzau that he is now awaiting a response from the East Jutland Police, and that he and his client will then consider whether the search and the other interventions should be brought before the court.
This can be done if it turns out that the police have carried out the interventions without having a ruling.
Source: The Nordic Page