Ten days before Maren Sømme was killed, she was admitted to Stavanger University Hospital. Nawid Bayan was charged with violence on that occasion as well. After initially reporting violence, Maren Sømme changed her account. But the hospital was seriously concerned, and a doctor contacted the police. They believed that she should not be sent home. This is reported by Norway’s state broadcaster nrk.no.
Sømme was admitted on 16 July. Bayan was charged with violence. She confirmed that violence had occurred, but later retracted this and said that she had fallen down the stairs. Several people at the hospital did not believe this at all. They suspected that she was living in a violent relationship and did not want her to go home.
The following day, however, a doctor at the hospital contacted the police directly and conveyed the hospital’s suspicion that Sømme had been subjected to violence. It was reportedly important that Sømme should not be informed that the police had been alerted.
According to the hospital, staff repeatedly tried to persuade her to report the matter to the police.
That same day, another hospital employee assessed the situation as serious and advised Sømme against returning home to her boyfriend.
It takes quite a lot for a hospital to take action and contact the police itself.
But Sømme had a history of hospital admissions which, in the opinion of healthcare personnel, stemmed from intimate partner violence.
In 2025, the couple were on holiday in Southern Norway, and Sømme was admitted to hospital on that occasion as well. She had a bruise on her cheek and marks on her neck.
She explained that she had fallen and injured herself in the woods, but hospital staff quickly developed a strong suspicion that her boyfriend had subjected her to violence.
Bayan wanted to accompany her in the ambulance, but he was not allowed to do so. Defence counsel Arvid Sjødin points out that both Bayan and Sømme say that the marks on her body were caused by falls and not violence. It is well known that partners living in violent relationships are psychologically affected and are unable to break free.
In 2025, too, staff reportedly tried to persuade Sømme to report the matter to the police. Maren Sømme is said to have told them that she was afraid.
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The man charged with killing Maren Sømme in Nærbø in Jæren will not be released from custody.
This emerges from a ruling by Sør-Rogaland District Court on Friday.
– I will discuss the decision with my client. We may well appeal this to the Court of Appeal, says the murder suspect’s defence counsel, lawyer Arvid Sjødin, to Stavanger Aftenblad.
The man was remanded in custody for four weeks on 28 July. He appealed the decision, but the Court of Appeal rejected the appeal.
He took the case further to the Supreme Court, which rejected the appeal because the defence counsel submitted new evidence that had to be considered by the District Court, according to NRK.
Sømme was found with what police have described as extensive injuries at her home in Nærbø on 26 July, and she died in hospital the following day.
Her boyfriend, a man in his 30s, was subsequently charged with murder and remanded in custody for four weeks, subject to restrictions on correspondence and visits. He denies criminal responsibility. (NTB)