Norway’s appeals court rejected Marius Borg Hoiby’s release, leaving King Haakon’s stepson under house arrest at home on a royal estate outside Oslo with an electronic ankle monitor pending his appeal, Reuters reported Wednesday.
The ruling overturned the lower court’s Monday decision to release him. Prosecutors had asked judges to keep Hoiby in custody, Reuters reported.
The earlier EconoTimes report on the release order said its conditions would have required police check-ins and drug and alcohol screening over the next month. The lower court’s decision also would have allowed Hoiby to remove the monitor, the earlier report said.
Reuters said Hoiby, 29, received a four-year prison term in June for two rape convictions, domestic violence and other crimes. He has appealed the verdict.
Queen Mette-Marit is Hoiby’s mother; Reuters said she had him from a relationship before her marriage to King Haakon. Reuters said proceedings on the appeal are due to begin in February.
