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Norwegian teenager sentenced to 20 years for UK murder plot

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 17 Oct, 00:32 · Archive

A Norwegian teenager has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for travelling to Britain to carry out a contract killing for a crime gang linked to Iran.

Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, was sentenced to 20 years in prison at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday after being convicted of conspiracy to murder. He had agreed to carry out a contract killing for 25,000 euros (£21,500) on behalf of the Foxtrot Network, a Swedish organised crime group with links to the Iranian government according to London's Metropolitan Police counterterrorism officers.

Natland was arrested at a hotel in Huddersfield, northern England, two days after arriving in the UK with two guns and ammunition. He admitted to possessing the firearms but claimed he did not want to proceed with the plan. Justice Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said at sentencing that Natland 'agreed to be the enforcer and pursued it, despite numerous opportunities to extricate yourself'.

Natland was recruited to the gang while playing an online game and was part time working at a pizza restaurant at the time of his arrest. He was hired by a 17-year-old known as 'Generalen', who was convicted in Norway of attempting to contribute to murder and sentenced to 14 years in custody. Three more people have been charged by Norwegian police, with prosecutors yet to decide whether to indict them.

Norwegian teenager sentenced to 20 years for UK murder plot
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In this story: Johannes Kongsnes Natland · Foxtrot Network · Iran · Huddersfield · Norway · Woolwich Crown Court · Metropolitan Police · Sweden

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