Defender Ellen Holager Andenæs Økokrim believes tells a dramatic … – Aftenposten

– Økokrim portrays this in court as a “classic corruption.” But it really is a regular event that a CEO of a large listed company is willing to commit corruption along with his legal director? Something like that has hardly occurred, at least not in this country, said Andenæs when she started her procedure in the corruption case against Mr. Enger and three other former Yara tops Monday afternoon.

She says Prosecutor in court has presented a “quite dramatic conspiracy” about a bunch of people in top management in Yara who collaborated to conduct criminal actions. The story is so unusual and so unlikely to require the exceptionally heavy evidence, believes Andenæs.

Changed explanation

Such evidence does not exist, according to her. Enger is accused of having endorsed the agreements to pay bribes in Libya and India. He does not acknowledge guilt.

Andenæs shows that the indictment of Enger largely based on information previously legal director Kendrick Wallace has given during interrogation. In his first interview in Paris gave Wallace details that contributed to the indictment of Enger and former executive director Tor Holba. Wallace has gone right back on a lot of this and says he remembers errors.

– It is not safe to add Ken Wallace explanation in Paris to reason. He was in a stressful situation and said many things that arguably is incorrect. Then you can not just pull out the information that fits the indictment, said Enger.

– Disappointed

Wallace has also questioning and tapped phone calls said that the agreement with Enger was telling him little as possible about what happened in Libya. “Enger did not know much, because he would not know,” he said.

– He has in court said that he meant by this was that Enger wanted his CEOs acted without consulting with him all time, because it was his policy to delegate says Andenæs.

She stressed that Fields had no reason to suspect that his legal director would commit acts that could lead him to jail.

– It also seems that Økokrim see it as a proof of Engers criminal intent that he did not recognize that it was committed corruption, and that the accused appears as a small band who stand shoulder to shoulder today.

– The thing is that beds today have not any faith that Wallace committed a crime, although he is disappointed with the way it was done, says Andenæs.

Puzzles and sledgehammer

Also another witness, former executive director Ed Cavazuti, has in interviews and in court said he notified beds that was talked about a consultant in Libya long before Tor Holba notified summer 2008. Enger should then have indicated that he is not Field believe everything he heard. Enger in court said that the conversation never took place.

Andenæs stressed that Cavazuti had every reason to create the impression that he notified in the case, since he is an American citizen under surveillance by the FBI. She is critical of that Økokrim choose to emphasize this explanation as strongly as Økokrim must assume that Enger and Wallace set up a play to Cavazuti if his version of the story would vote.

– That’s what happens when one tries knocking puzzle pieces in place with a sledgehammer, then Andenæs.

Andenæs continues its procedure Tuesday morning.

Published: 23 March. 2015 3:55 p.m.