A man was arrested near the home of Marius Borg Høiby, son of the Queen of Norway, where the latter is under house arrest after his conviction for rape in June, the Norwegian intelligence service (PST) said.
“The PST confirmed that, in this case, we arrested a person near Høiby’s home,” PST spokesperson Eirik Veum told AFP. According to Marius Borg Høiby’s lawyer, the man entered the house and pushed him. “Høiby experienced being approached at home as unpleasant and insecure, where he should be able to feel safe,” lawyer Alexander Greaker told the Se og Hør son tabloid.
King Haakon and Queen Mette-Marit were at home, a few hundred meters away, at the time of the events, according to the newspaper.
Born from a relationship prior to Mette-Marit’s marriage to Haakon, Marius Borg Høiby was sentenced to four years in prison for two rapes and 32 other charges including violence against a former partner. He was acquitted of two other alleged rapes. Since mid-July, the 29-year-old young man has been serving his sentence under house arrest while awaiting his appeal trial scheduled for February.
