Linn Olsen Uteng
Died 28 July 2016
Who they were
Linn was 32 and lived in Tromsø.
What happened
On 28 July 2016 Linn was found stabbed to death in an apartment in Røstbakken in Tromsø; she had 22 stab wounds. Her former partner, a Rwandan asylum seeker whose asylum claim had been rejected and who was living in Norway illegally, was in May 2017 sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment for intentional murder by Nord-Troms tingrett. He accepted the sentence.
Verdict / confirmation
Nord-Troms tingrett, 24 May 2017: 13 years' imprisonment for intentional murder; sentence accepted, no appeal.
Perpetrator: A Rwandan asylum seeker whose claim had been rejected and who remained in Norway illegally (iTromsø, Dagbladet).