Get an overview of the case here from the discovery of the deceased to the first day of the appeal:
* On the night of 23 June 2020, 28-year-old Phillip Mbuji Johansen will be beaten at a shelter site in Nordskoven near Rønne on Bornholm. Among other things, he is beaten with a spruce raft and fiery fire-fighters, he is trampled in the head and kicked before the perpetrator leaves him on the spot.
* On the morning of June 23, he is found lifeless. He is tried to be revived without success.
* On the same day, two men are arrested in the case. It is later revealed that it is two brothers and that they were friends with the slain.
* The victim is Danish-Tanzanian, and during the acts of violence he allegedly had a knee placed at the neck region. It created memories of the murder of the black man George Floyd in the United States, and there was a heated debate on social media and in society about whether racism played a role in the violence.
* As a result of the massive publicity, a chief prosecutor at Bornholm Police was out and about. There was no evidence of racism.
* On November 30, the case against the two brothers begins in the Court on Bornholm. They are charged with murder, but will only admit violence resulting in death, which is punished more leniently. It was not their intention to kill Phillip Johansen, they argue.
* The motive for the violence was allegedly that the brothers’ mother had shortly before told them that their friend had abused her.
* On December 1, they are sentenced every 14 years in prison for killing Phillip Johansen by first exposing him to extensive and blunt abuse and then leaving him behind. They appeal the verdict on the spot.
* October 26, 2021, the appeal begins at the Eastern High Court on Bornholm. Three days have been set aside for the case, and a verdict is expected on Thursday 28 October.
* The brothers’ mother has, shortly before the appeal starts, submitted a report of rape to Bornholm Police. The episode should have taken place last year.
Sources: Ritzau, TV2 Bornholm.
Source: The Nordic Page