The seven are charged in a case in which six others are also charged. Everyone is related to each other. The case against the other six is dealt with separately. Everyone denies guilt.
Judge Peter Ahleson, who made the decision on custody, said after Thursday’s court hearing that the imprisonment is tentatively extended until April 19.
In the case, two brothers are charged with making plans for one or more bombings in Denmark or Germany. The other five are charged with assisting them in various ways.
From the charges against the seven, which have been read out for the first time in an open court hearing on Thursday, it appears that a number of objects have been seized, which in the opinion of the police should be used to make bombs.
Among other things, chemicals and a mobile phone were found, which were made with wires so that it could allegedly function as a detonator.
The details of the case remain unclear for the time being. Judge Ahleson ruled that Thursday’s hearing should be held behind closed doors for the sake of the police’s further investigation.
Lawyer Ole Schmidt protested against the door closing. He argued that the charges against his client – one of the two brothers – were based on a thin foundation.
This case needs the public to become aware of it and to how flimsy a foundation it rests on, it sounded in Schmidt’s protest.
The journalists present also protested, but Peter Ahleson chose to follow the request from prosecutor John Catre Nielsen.
In recent years, all terrorist cases in Denmark have been going on behind closed doors all the way to the so-called main hearing, ie the trial itself.
In those cases, this has meant that the public has had to wait more than a year to find out the details of the case and thus also the basis on which the accused have been deprived of their liberty.
Source: The Nordic Page