Municipality broke the law before the stabbing of the 15-year-old in Grenaa, shows new lawyer investigation

Municipality broke the law before stabbing of 15-year-old in Grenaa, shows new attorney investigation

A new investigation concludes that Northdjurs Municipality has committed three legal violations in the lead-up to the stabbing.

The stabbing took place at the train station in Grenaa, where a part of the town's youth often gather. (Photo: © Emilie Toldam Futtrup/Ritzau Scanpix) Today at 17:00

A single stab wound to the chest led to a 15-year-old dying at the train station in Grenaa last November.

He was killed by a peer, who was arrested half an hour after the stabbing and himself admitted to having stabbed the victim.

In a new attorney investigation, all material that Northdjurs Municipality has on the involved parties has been examined.

The attorney investigation was commissioned by the municipality itself after criticism from the involved parties' parents.

And the conclusion is that the municipality has violated the law in three cases in the lead-up to the stabbing.

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Violations of time limits

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Two of the three legal violations concern time limits that the municipality did not meet.

This includes, for example, child welfare investigations that were not conducted in a timely manner. The investigation concerns the fact that if a municipality has reason to believe that a child or teenager needs support, then the municipality must assess whether they should receive help.

And this should happen in a timely manner, according to Northdjurs' mayor, Kasper Juncher Bjerregaard (V).

- There should be no doubt that the law and time limits should be observed, so it is obviously something we need to correct. And that is exactly why we have had this investigation conducted, so we can see if some of our processes need to be changed.

Read also: 16-year-old boy involved in stabbing in Grenaa: 'I panicked' ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/16-aarig-dreng-om-knivdrab-i-grenaa-jeg-panikkede )

In addition to child welfare investigations, assessments of reports were not conducted in a timely manner.

This applies, for example, if a school makes a report, then the report should be assessed within 24 hours. And there is no documentation for several cases that this has been done.

The law is in place to ensure that it is assessed whether the youth's health is at risk, and whether there should be immediate action taken on behalf of the youth - how can this be ensured in the future?

- It is true that there is criticism that the documentation is not sufficient, but it is not the same as saying that nothing has happened. But it is clear a message that we need to be better at documenting what we have received and what we have done with it, says Northdjurs' mayor.

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Three violations of the law and several recommendations

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In addition to the legal violations, the investigation from law firm HjulmandKaptain includes several points that they do not believe were handled appropriately.

This includes inadequate journalism, lack of knowledge sharing between schools, PPR and authorities, and the fact that there was only one advisor assigned to the case, who was replaced during the process.

To Jyllands-Posten ( https://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE18036514/advokater-i-skarp-kritik-kommune-broed-loven-foer-malthe-blev-slaaet-ihjel/ ) have two experts in social law criticized the municipality's actions after reviewing the case with the victim's parents' permission.

- It could potentially have changed the course of the case, said John Klausen, professor of social law at Aalborg University, to the newspaper.

Also Eva Naur, lecturer in social law at Aalborg University, shared her criticism in Jyllands-Posten.

- The municipality's reaction has been completely inadequate. It is really shocking reading, it sounds.

- The criticism is taken to heart, and it is one of the reasons why we have had the attorney investigation conducted, says Mayor of Northdjurs Municipality, Kasper Bjerregaard, to the criticism and adds.

- I think one should be careful when evaluating a case from the back. My employees work within a certain estimate of what will be right at a given time. But it makes a big impression when experts raise criticism.

The new conclusions from the attorney investigation will be discussed by the board of the municipality's children and youth committee today.

The now 17-year-old perpetrator was sentenced to eight years in prison for the stabbing in Grenaa.

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