The son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been jailed for four years after being found guilty of rape. Marius Borg Høiby was convicted today of two counts of rape following a six-week trial.
Judge Jon Sverdrup Efjestad handed down the sentence after hearing evidence linked to 40 charges, including four alleged rapes, assaults, breaches of restraining orders, drug offences and driving violations. One charge relating to a restraining-order violation was overturned.
The court heard how Høiby's drug addiction spiralled in recent years, while investigators presented more than 800 messages and a series of self-made videos of s£xual encounters as evidence during the trial.
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One alleged rape took place in the basement of the Crown Prince's family home, the court was told.
Høiby, who denied the most serious allegations while admitting to some lesser offences, was not physically present in court for the verdict and instead joined proceedings via video link.
The verdict comes at an especially difficult time for Høiby's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, whose health has deteriorated sharply in recent months.
She suffers from pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lung disease that makes breathing increasingly difficult.
Earlier this month, she was placed on Norway's national lung transplant waiting list after her condition worsened.
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