Breivik regrets not killing more
The killer was smug and calm, but for survivors the verdict came as the start of a new life
A smug smile crossed the face of Anders Breivik when Judge Wenche Elisabeth Arntzen read a ruling that found him legally sane and sentenced him to 21 years in jail.
When the sentence was read, a low mutter rumbled through the courtroom, which was packed with survivors of the July 22, 2011 massacre and friends and relatives of the dead, as well as a host of international journalists and cameramen.
Minutes before the verdict, when Breivik entered the courtroom dressed in a dark suit and grey tie, he had raised his clenched fist in a right-wing salute as soon as court security officers released his handcuffs.
The killer then sat in court mostly impassively, fiddling with a pen - the flexible kind that cannot be used as a weapon - and occasionally sipping water, as the presiding judges read out the lengthy justification for the sentence.
Later Breivik said he would not appeal the sentence.
"Since I don't recognise the authority of the court I cannot legitimise the Oslo district court by accepting the verdict," he said. "At the same time I cannot appeal the verdict, because by appealing it I would legitimise the court."