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Former RS Platou-top Ragnar Horn, his wife and a nabopar admitted in the Oslo district court to have violated the immigration act in connection with the au pair permits for the four filipinos.
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in the Autumn of 2014 met the lawyer Gunhild Vehusheia up by the Oslo police department with three au pairer to report human trafficking. The police came early that it was not coercion in the case, and that it therefore was not the basis for suspecting that the offences for human trafficking. In the wake investigated the police nevertheless, the au pair the use with the family Horn with a background in information that emerged. This resulted in a firesiders indictment against the couple Horns and a naboektepar for violations of the penal code and the immigration act.
According to the indictment to the four have collaborated so that the two au pairer, that after the applications would have stayed and assisted the Horns neighbors, ended up as domestic workers with the Horn family.
In the criminal case that started on Tuesday acknowledged the defendant’s guilt on several breaches of the immigration act. But none of them vedkjente to have violated the penal code by having contributed to the au pairene gave a false explanation when they applied for a residence permit as an au pairer.
Resigned
Ragnar Horn, who has held several positions in, among other RS Platou system, resigned two years ago as a candidate for the styreledervervet in the merged Clarkson-Platou as a result of the indictment in the case. He sent out a press release when he had broken the law relating to the au pair scheme. Today he has a number of board appointments and stated in court that he has an income of one million a year and a ligningsformue 95 million.
In court explained the attorney Svein Holden, who is Ragnar Horns defense that one must not swallow the press release raw.
Wait to hear what Ragnar Horn and his wife have to say about it, ” said Holden in the court, and explained that the press release was written in a pressure situation.
63,5 hour work week
According to the indictment to Horn and his wife had several au pairer at the same time, something that is not allowed. At the same time, au pairene have worked as domestic workers, rather than to be an au pairer. They must also have worked far more hours than the legal number of 30 hours per week.
Attorney Gunhild Vehusheia, who is a lawyer for two of the au pairene, mean it can be proven that her two clients each have had an average weekly working time at 63,5 hours.
– It is based on the average working time of 11.5 hours on weekdays, four hours on Saturday and two hours of work on Sunday, explained to the assistance of counsel, the court.
based on this, one of the au pairene demanded a compensation of 855.000 money as etterbetaling of salary. She has also claimed relief limited to up to 60,000 million for physical and mental transient injuries she must have been while she worked at the family who are resident at Frogner in Oslo.
the Sister have required 116.000 million in damages and 10,000 dollars in restitution. The requirements are rejected by the Horn.
The four defendants admitted most of the other conditions in the indictment, which involves the violation of the immigration act on several occasions from 2011 to 2014.
“Misleading”
Attorney Svein Holden believes the matter is not a question of smuggling.
– It is misleading to mention it as a case of human smuggling. This is an issue that is about to have had two au pairer at the same time, while there is only allowed to have one, ” says Holden.
He also believes the hours assistance of counsel adds to the reason for the claim for compensation is too high.
the Accusation, which is directed toward the Horn means that it must have been the work of 127 hours of housework a week. It is, admittedly, a big house, but it is important to find out how much it is work.
in Order to clarify this former cop John Thune made a reconstruction of the workload in the property on behalf of the family Horn. Thune will testify about his findings later in the case.
There are a set of 12 days to the matter. On Wednesday the court will hear the explanation from Ragnar Horns wife.
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