Jealousy caused a 32-year-old to throw his two-year-old brother to his death.
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Saturday, January 17, 2026 • 8:55 AM UTC - in Denmark
Jealousy led a 32-year-old man to throw his two-year-old brother to his death from the seventh floor of a building in Høje Gladsaxe three days before Christmas.
Details from the court hearing can now be disclosed, as the referatforbud (a ban on reporting details) has been lifted by the Eastern High Court.
Flowers in front of the entrance to the building where the accused's father lived with his new wife and their children. (Photo: © Emil Nicolai Helms, Ritzau Scanpix, 24 minutes ago)
It was a form of jealousy that, three days before Christmas, made a 32-year-old man throw his half-brother to his death from the seventh floor of a building in Høje Gladsaxe.
According to the accused's explanation, his father and his father's wife preferred the little boy over the other children in the family. This was made clear to those present in the court in Glostrup during a hearing just before Christmas.
- He was their favorite, the man's explanation was, when he was questioned by his defense attorney, Henrik Juel Monigatti Halberg, about the motive.
The man's first answer to special prosecutor Rasmus Kim Petersen's question about the motive was something else.
- Because I am a criminal, he said laconically, before describing how he had taken the bus from his own apartment in Mørkhøj a few kilometers away and had walked the last part of the way to Høje Gladsaxe.
When he arrived at the apartment, he rang and was let in by one of the three children and had breakfast in the kitchen of the apartment.
The two-year-old came out to him in the kitchen while the other children were sitting in another room watching TV.
During the hearing, the prosecutor asked if the two-year-old had done something that made the 32-year-old kill him.
- What can a two-year-old do? I have to deal with that here. I have nothing more to say, the accused said before his defense attorney took over the questioning.
The two-year-old was thrown out from the seventh floor here in Høje Gladsaxe. (Photo: © Mathias Svold, Ritzau Scanpix)
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'Because I am a criminal'
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The explanation about why the two-year-old was the favorite came at the end of the 32-year-old's explanation, when he was being questioned by his defense attorney, Henrik Juel Monigatti Halberg.
The man's first answer to special prosecutor Rasmus Kim Petersen's question about the motive was something else.
- Because I am a criminal, he said laconically, before describing how he had taken the bus from his own apartment in Mørkhøj a few kilometers away and had walked the last part of the way to Høje Gladsaxe.
When he arrived at the apartment, he rang and was let in by one of the three children and had breakfast in the kitchen of the apartment.
The two-year-old came out to him in the kitchen while the other children were sitting in another room and watching TV.
During the hearing, the prosecutor asked if the two-year-old had done something that made the 32-year-old kill him.
- What can a two-year-old do? I have to deal with that here. I have nothing more to say, the accused said before his defense attorney took over the questioning.
The two-year-old was thrown out from the seventh floor here in Høje Gladsaxe. (Photo: © Mathias Svold, Ritzau Scanpix)
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Not the first time
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It is the second time that the 32-year-old has killed a close family member. In 2014, he stabbed his mother. He was 20 years old at the time, his mother 42 years old. At the time, there were children present when the man committed his act.
The murder of the mother took place in the same housing block as the murder of the little brother and led to a sentence for commitment to a psychiatric ward. For the young man, mental health is not sound, but he is schizophrenic-paranoid.
During his commitment to the psychiatric ward, the murderer received treatment and medication for his symptoms, and in 2022, a judge decided that the arrangement for the man could be changed to a treatment order.
He moved into his own apartment, but was still required to receive treatment in the psychiatric system. This lasted until December 2024, when the arrangement was lifted.
A year later, he killed another family member - and in a particularly gruesome way.
During the hearing on December 22, the man said that he first picked up his little brother, as one would normally pick up a small child. He had taken him under his armholes.
He then went out onto the balcony, and because it was cold, he put on both shoes and a jacket. But on his way out of the apartment, he lost one shoe. After throwing the little brother to his death on the asphalt 25 meters below them, he went back inside to retrieve the lost shoe.
During the hearing, it was decided that the 32-year-old would be mentally evaluated.
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