Oslo: Anders Behring Breivik, who wants to be found accountable for his massacre of 77 people in Norway last July, on Wednesday accused a team of psychiatric experts of making things up to prove him insane.
"These are ill-willed fabrications," Breivik said, referring to passages from a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation that concluded late last year that he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
He later added: "They may not be ill-willed, but they are in any case wrong."
Their conclusion in November that he was psychotic cleared the way for him to be sent to a closed psychiatric ward for treatment instead of prison.
The first diagnosis caused an uproar in Norway, where many were astounded that the man who methodically planned his attacks for years and then executed them with precision could be found not responsible for his actions.
It will ultimately be up to the panel of judges to determine whether he is sane when they hand down their verdict in July.
"These are ill-willed fabrications," Breivik said, referring to passages from a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation that concluded late last year that he was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
He later added: "They may not be ill-willed, but they are in any case wrong."
Their conclusion in November that he was psychotic cleared the way for him to be sent to a closed psychiatric ward for treatment instead of prison.
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The first diagnosis caused an uproar in Norway, where many were astounded that the man who methodically planned his attacks for years and then executed them with precision could be found not responsible for his actions.
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It will ultimately be up to the panel of judges to determine whether he is sane when they hand down their verdict in July.
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