Authors defend report finding Breivik delusional

Published June 14, 2012 6:34pm ET



OSLO, Norway (AP) — The psychiatrists who have faced intense criticism for deeming Anders Behring Breivik — the self-confessed killer of 77 people in Norway last year — too mentally unfit to go to prison defended their stance Thursday, calling him delusional.

Torgeir Husby and Synne Soerheim, who concluded that Breivik suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, stuck to their findings when presenting their 239-page report on the right-wing extremist’s mental health to the court. They insisted he is driven by delusions rather than political conviction, saying he resembled people who believe they are the new Napoleon.

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