Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been declared saneby an Oslo court and jailed for 21 years.

The 33-year-old confessed to killing 77 people last year when he set off a bomb in the Norwegian capital and shot teenagers on the nearby island of Utoya.

After a 10-week trial the Oslo district court ruled the right-wing extremist was saneat the time of the twin attacks.

He has been jailed for 21 years.

The ruling will please victims' relatives, who feel that a life sentence is the only justice they can get.

Breivik himself argued for a verdict of sanity as he wants the attack to be seen as a political statement against the "Islamification" of Europe rather than an act of lunacy.

Norway mass killer Breivik declared sane - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)


I am not sure what 21 years means in Sweden but the idea that this mass killer could ever be considered for parole is preposterous.

Since he has admitted/claimed that he was sane at the time I hope he has the sanity to decline any suggestion of release.