A lay judge in the trial of confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was dismissed today for commenting online that the anti-Muslim extremist deserves the death penalty.

The right-wing fanatic accused of murdering 77 people during a devastating bomb and gun attack in Norway last summer is expected to take the stand on the second day of his trial.

Right-wing fanatic Anders Breivik went on trial today over the murders of 77 people in a case that will decide whether he is evil or insane.

The terror trial against an anti-Muslim fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway starts today amid fears that he will use the proceedings to showcase his radical views.

A new psychiatric assessment of Anders Breivik has said the right-wing fanatic was sane when he killed 77 people in a bomb and gun massacre that jolted the world’s image of terrorism.

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik told a court he deserved a medal of honour for the murder of 77 people and demanded to be set free.

Mass killer Anders Breivik told a court today he deserved a medal of honour for the murder of 77 people and demanded to be set free.

The confessed perpetrator of a bomb and shooting spree in Norway in which 77 people died is planning to give a speech at his pre-trial detention hearing today, his defence lawyer said.

Confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is sticking to his claim of belonging to a militant order of Knights Templar, even though police have found no evidence it exists, his lawyer said.

A court has extended the isolation detention of the man who massacred 77 people in Norway by another four weeks.

ANDERS Behring Breivik was under the influence of illegal drugs when he carried out the July 22 twin attacks in Norway, killing 77 people, police said last night.

THE man who killed 77 people in a bomb attack and shooting spree in Norway maintains he acted alone and stayed silent when pressed about potential associates in a 10-hour interrogation, police said.

THE confessed killer in Norway’s twin terror attacks that claimed 77 lives has presented a long list of “unrealistic” demands, including the resignation of the government and that his mental condition be investigated by Japanese specialists, his defence lawyer said.

The lawyer defending the confessed killer in Norway’s twin terror attacks said today that his client has presented a long list of “unrealistic” demands.

JITTERY Norwegians tried to restore some normality to their lives after mass killings by a far-right zealot traumatised the nation, but a security alert forced the evacuation of Oslo station, keeping nerves on edge.

When Anders Behring Breivik launched his assault on the youth campers of Utoya Island, he expected Norway’s special forces to swoop down and stop him at any minute.

PARTS of Anders Behring Breivik’s 1,500-page online manifesto against Muslim immigration, which his lawyer said he wrote alone, were taken almost word for word from the writings of the “Unabomber”.

The man who has confessed to the twin terror attacks in Norway which killed 93 people will appear in court today and has requested an open hearing so he can explain his massacre to the public.

Oslo District Court spokeswoman Irene Ramm has said government lawyers will request eight weeks of pre-trial detention for the Norway attacks suspect so they can prepare their case.

To Anders Breivik, the Norway explosion and shootings that killed at least 93 people were a “marketing method” for his manifesto, which reveals his attack methods and encourages like-thinkers to carry out their own mass killing.

THE man responsible for the attacks on Norway’s government headquarters and an island retreat for young people that left at least 93 dead was motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in society, his lawyer said yesterday.

NORWEGIAN police have defended their response to the massacre on Utoya island on Friday, as it emerged it took them more than an hour to reach the scene.

The death toll from Norway’s bomb attack and mass shooting rose to 93 today as reports emerged of the attacker’s links to the British far right.

The man blamed for attacks on Norway’s government headquarters and a youth retreat that left at least 92 dead was motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in Norwegian society, his lawyer said today.

The man blamed for attacks on Norway’s government headquarters and a youth retreat said he was motivated by a desire to bring about a revolution in Norwegian society, his lawyer said today.

Police arrived at the Norway island massacre an hour and a half after a gunman first opened fire, because they did not have quick access to a helicopter and could not find a boat to get to the scene just several hundred yards offshore, it has emerged.

The lawyer for the suspect in Norway’s bombing and shooting spree today said his client wanted to attack Norwegian society in order to change it.