Breivik sentencing: live report

0901 GMT: An expert psychiatrist monitoring the Breivik case for various media says the verdict is "right".

"Breivik showed a high degree of consistency during his detention," says Kjersti Narud, speaking to Norwegian news agency NTB.

"He seemed organised and relatively coherent.

"I can't rule out that he might have been suffering from psychosis at the time of the attacks, but if he was, it could not have been extreme enough to exempt him from criminal responsibility."

0900 GMT: Judge Arne Lyng has just read out the names of the Oslo victims. This is followed by a short break in court proceedings.

0852 GMT: Utoeya survivor Adrian Pracon, a young man in his early twenties who was shot in the shoulder, tweets in Norwegian: "Snipp snapp snute, du er ute" -- a phrase that can be roughly translated as "Abracadabra -- you disappear".

0850 GMT: Breivik used meditation to numb his emotions ahead of the attacks, says the judge.

0848 GMT: It is pure chance that the bomb blast in Oslo did not claim more lives, says the judge.

Eight people died in the explosion of Breivik's home-made bomb, before he shot dead another 69 on Utoeya.

0846 GMT: In court, the judge has moved on to detailing how Breivik carried out his crimes -- currently, she is setting out how he planted a bomb in Oslo.

Breivik plays mechanically with his pen as he listens.

The pen is a special flexible one in order that it can't be used as a weapon. But ordinary pens belonging to his lawyers lie right beside Breivik on the desk, says our reporter Pierre-Henry Deshayes.

0843 GMT: Former justice minister Knut Storberget, who was in office at the time of Breivik's killings, welcomes the sentence.

"This is a good basis for the guilty man to stay in jail for the rest of his life," Storberget tells TV2.

"It's the longest sentence he could have received."

0840 GMT: Norwegian journalist Asne Seierstad, best known outside Norway for her book "The Bookseller of Kabul", writes in Britain's New Statesman magazine that Breivik has continued to communicate with other extremists during his pre-trial detention.

She says he may retain this right to communication as long as he doesn't overtly promote anything criminal, and questions the system which allows him a platform.

"Most of the surviving victims see the harshest punishment for him as isolation," Seierstad writes.

"They hope that someone will take away his computer, restrict his letter-writing and leave him alone in his cell with his thoughts and his guilt."

0824 GMT: On Twitter, many outside Norway are saying the 21-year sentence isn't enough.

But if Breivik is still considered a threat to society after 21 years, he can be held indefinitely.

0830 GMT: The wider Norwegian public, left in shock after Breivik's killings, seems to echo that reaction: on the website of the Norwegian daily Aftenposten, "relieved" is a word that pops up again and again in user comments on the verdict.

0827 GMT: Relief from another survivor, Ingrid Nymoen, who tweets that the ordeal is "finally over. Life can now begin."

0825 GMT: Breivik had purported to belong to a militant group called the Knights Templar, but the judge says: "The court has found no evidence for the existence of the Knights Templar."

0824 GMT: The judge, Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen, is running through Breivik's history, including his period of intensive computer gaming and his moves towards extremism.

0821 GMT: Another survivor, Viljar Hanssen, who was shot in the head during Breivik's rampage, tweets: "Finished. Endpoint."

This is likely a reference to the fact that Breivik is seen as unlikely to appeal, given the verdict. He had said he would appeal if sentenced to psychiatric care.

0819 GMT: Emma Martinovic, a survivor of the Utoeya massacre, tweets: "JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" -- or in English, "YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!"

0817 GMT: The minimum sentence is 10 years, which means Breivik will be unable to apply for parole before that.

0816 GMT: Oddly, this judgement is likely to satisfy Breivik -- who wanted to be jailed rather than placed in psychiatric care -- as well as most of his victims' families and the Norwegian public.

0814 GMT: The judge is now reading out the grounds for the ruling.

It is expected that the remainder of today's court proceedings could take up to six hours.

Breivik himself wants to address the court, his lawyers have said, but it is not clear if he will be allowed to speak.

"He thought about what he wanted to say to the judges and so has prepared a few lines for every outcome," Breivik's lawyer Geir Lippestad told the daily newspaper Aftenposten Wednesday.

0808 GMT: The ruling is unanimous, says AFP's Pierre-Henry Deshayes who is in the courtroom.

Breivik listened with a smile on his face as judge Wenche Elizabeth Artnzen spoke.

0806 GMT: BREIVIK GETS 21-YEAR JAIL TERM, SUBJECT TO EXTENSION

0804 GMT: BREIVIK MAKES FAR-RIGHT SALUTE AFTER HANDCUFFS RELEASED

0802 GMT: The five judges have also arrived in the courtroom, as cameras from the many media covering the event flash.

0800 GMT: BREIVIK ARRIVES IN COURT FOR SENTENCING

0759 GMT: More from that survey -- 62 percent of people asked said they thought Breivik should never be released.

0757 GMT: Tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) has published a survey today showing that 72 percent of Norwegians believe Breivik is sane enough to go to prison.

A further 53.6 percent believe that his detention conditions at the moment are too comfortable. His quarters include three small rooms -- one for sleeping, one for exercise and one for work -- and a laptop not connected to the Internet.

WELCOME TO AFP'S LIVE REPORT on Anders Behring Breivik's sentencing hearing.

The key question is whether he will be detained in a jail cell or a mental ward for killing 77 people, many of them teenagers at an island summer camp, in Norway last year.

Far-right extremist Breivik, who has admitted the killings, says he will accept a prison sentence but would appeal against treatment in a closed psychiatric ward.

A first medical assessment found him criminally insane but a second judged him sane. Polls suggest most Norwegians believe he is of sound mind. Now the court will deliver its verdict.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/breivik-sentencing-live-report-075006020.html

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