So welcome to Scandinavian crimes. My name is Devante and say hello to my lovely co-host Delila. Hi And on this podcast we will cover famous Scandinavian criminals who made their mark throughout Scandinavian history So today we're talking about a very tragic incident that shook Norway Faiza Ashraf a 26 year old Pakistani Norwegian woman who was abducted on February 3rd 2010 from a bus stop in Haslum, Bærum While she was on her way to work now her life with body was later discovered near the parking lot in Salih, Asker Now in this case the police swiftly responded to a distress call made by Ashraf which eventually led to the arrest of Shamraz Khan and Havard Nyflot Now forgive me if I butchered the name, but you already know the deal in this podcast(...) One of the arrests of the assailants Confessed to being involved in the kidnapping claiming that he acted under the others orders The notorious case was widely known as the Faiza case Captured significant media attention in Norway becoming one of the first instances of non gang related contract killings in the country's recent history The case also tells a tale of how someone's obsession can be very much fatal and so dangerous(...) so
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One thing I do want to mention as well is that this episode is very special very interesting as well Is that you know usually when me and Delila recording, you know, we're in two different places, you know We're just you know, usually in our own little pockets and bubble. But right now me and Delila are in the same room So we're currently in the same room so for the next couple episodes that will be the case and Obviously when you know, we go back to our perspective countries and all that stuff We will probably let you know about that too. But either way(...) Grab your tea grab your snacks Go find yourself a little corner to sit down in to listen to the podcast and enjoy yourself in silence or maybe not Maybe listen to it with friends and today we'll be discussing the murder of Faiza Ashraf
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On a chilling winter morning on Wednesday, February 3rd 2010 the tranquil routine of Ashraf's life was shattered as a 26 year old stood at a bus stop in Haslam Eagerly waiting for her daily commute to downtown, Oslo Little did she know the sinister fate awaited her Suddenly a car screeched to a halt and before she could react 25 year old Harvard Nyflot forcefully pulled her inside and locked her in the trunk(...) However, Ashraf's spirit remained unbroken Despite the terrifying situation she managed to reach for her cell phone and dial the police Her trembling voice relaying her desperate plea for help Although she couldn't provide her exact location at least one vigilant passerby witnessed the horrifying abduction
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Nyflot stopped the car after a tense interval disclosed a shocking truth to Ashraf He had claimed that he had been paid a hefty sum of money by a mysterious third party to carry out her kidnapping
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Assuring her that he wouldn't harm her. He continued the journey deeper into the unknown
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Ashraf determined to survive shared this crucial information with the police Providing them with the description of her captor and even revealing the identity of Khan the man She believed who had orchestrated her very own abduction Khan had been relentlessly pursuing her for five years subjecting her to torment and harassment Their journey led them to a secluded forested area of Salih and Oscar just outside of Oslo Nyflot discovering that Ashraf had become unresponsive Heartlessly dragged her lifeless body to a shallow grave he had prepared in advance It was a mere 200 meters away from the popular ski trail To erase any remaining traces he meticulously vacuumed the trunk and resorted to making a makeshift blowtorch Desperate to eliminate all of the evidence(...) Shortly after Nyflot and his girlfriend fled to Sweden leaving a trail of unanswered questions behind them News of the young woman's disappearance spread quickly on February 3rd the police announced her vanishing launching a massive search operation(...) Armed offices halted and meticulously inspected all traffic passing through Asker hoping to find any leads(...) The afternoon Shamran's Khan a 28 year old taxi driver was apprehended in Oslo after Ashraf had implicated him as a possible accomplice during her distress call Friends revealed that she had expressed fear and felt threatened by Khan due to his history of harassment as well as stalking(...) Initially Khan vehemently denied being involved instead expressing his desire to assist in finding her The expansive Vessmarka woodlands where Ashraf's last cell phone signal had been detected Became the focus of intense searches by an army of police officers and dedicated volunteers
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Yet despite their tireless efforts the missing 26 year old remained elusive
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In a bid to widen the search Authorities issued a yellow notice Suspecting the possibility of an abduction leading to her being taken abroad(...) The grim truth began to unfold on February 10th when the police arrested 25 year old Harvard Nyflot Suspecting him of carrying out the kidnapping(...) under intense interrogation Nyflot confessed that Ashraf had tragically lost her life and disclosed the location of her remains He claimed that burdened by gambling debts He had abducted Ashraf under Khan's orders and her accidental suffocation had led to her untimely demise(...) Khan on the other hand denied any involvement in her murder Asserting that his intentions had been to have her kidnapped and subjected to torture as consequence of her refusal to marry him The path of the two suspects had crossed during Nyflot's employment at a gas station in Tavita Where Khan was a regular customer the trial that followed since shockwaves through the nation on May 4 2011 Nyflot and Khan were convicted of second-degree murder and kidnapping Although neither was found guilty of premeditated murder Their sentence of eight and seventeen years in prison respectively left Attorney General Tor Aksal Bush dissatisfied He personally ordered the appeals and convinced the court they had made an erroneous decision
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During the retrial both men were found guilty of premeditated murder and kidnapping Resulting an increased sentence for 19 years for Khan and 18 years for Nyflot They were ordered to pay 200,000 Norwegian crowns and compensation to Ashraf's grieving parents On March 28 2012 the Supreme Court of Norway declined to review the cases Effectively putting an end to the appeals process and closing a chapter on this hard-ring tale of abduction deceit and tragic loss
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But like this is the nightmare like(...) Every I feel like every woman has To be kidnapped by a stalker and what's tough with stalkers is that you can't really do anything until they physically hurt you and Like you can report I guess if you have a lot of evidence But even then it's quite hard to like
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Do anything against stalking
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especially somebody like he and him who seemed to be like
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So obsessive with her marrying him
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To the point where he ended up Like asking somebody else to I mean he was part of the kidnapping if I assumed it correctly Yeah, he wasn't like there the date of But he let somebody else kidnapped. Yeah, like he paid
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Okay, bye we're gonna leave the country now. Yeah. Okay, but they didn't leave the country yet He the the one who kidnapped(...) the girl He left the country but not with the body. Remember he buried her and then(...) He left after with his girlfriend because he had gambling debts. So he got Yeah, that's why I was thinking like I was like, okay, but did the police like because they seem to have
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Put them on trial. Yeah, they did so then I guess his escape Didn't really do it really pan out like he got caught within at least from the story It seems like he got caught with it(...) But he was escaping because of gambling issues He was he was escaping because you know, she died and she was supposed to die But he took the money because of gambling debts So it seems like when he left with his girlfriend, I guess in hopes to not be detected He like left immediately to Sweden because they Worst place to escape to he should have went to like a completely different I guess I guess his thought was if I can get out the country before he suspected Then you know he would always I was in a different country like he was trying to guess Make an alibi, but that only worked out very well Like at least go to like I don't know Ireland like UK To the islands like somewhere somewhere not a neighbor I mean, I guess UK is kind of a neighbor. It's like on like it's a little further away in between at least
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Either way, I just this is like a nightmare kind of thing
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Kidnapped and then murdered even though I guess they didn't plan for the murder. I'm glad that they got charged for the murder
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Because usually when stuff like this happens, I don't know why but I feel like(...) Even though not only this case but like the other cases we've been talking about I feel like I Don't know I just feel like it's very
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They're very lenient in like
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Giving I Mean any type of like I don't know(...) They're very like kind with how they judge if there's like a very obvious evidence but even with that
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They still got a they got retried because they felt like but because one person was like not satisfied with it What's his name? General? Yeah, it's her in general tour a scale bush He's like nope. Yeah, he was like no, there's no way that is not premeditated
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Truthfully even though the guy did take the money. I'm surprised he ended up getting more Time even if it's by one year, I'm surprised he got more time Are you talking about the guy who actually did the killing or did the abduction and then she died while with him? I'm surprised like they(...) Actually got more time than a person who was planning it like I'm surprised because usually in the States is the opposite It's like the person who planned it is basically held primarily responsible because if they didn't plan it then the crime wouldn't have happened
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Versus the person who did the crime was just you know a byproduct of the person who planned it So usually it's like flipped usually the person who planned it would like depending on the crime would get more and Then the other person would get like a little less so but that's interesting though because like even though they're planning it
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Even if they didn't do it planning is also that it's showcase intent Yeah, but like the person who did the act is are also equally part of the plan and also doing the act itself So I don't think like I don't think that I Don't know I think both are valid judgments and I think both should be if not equally like it should be quite kind of equally to me how they're judged is How I feel because like hit men obviously have to be punished for(...) Killing people. I'm not saying he is a hitman in itself, but he was technically he was hired to do Something so he in that case can be classified as(...) That type of profession. Yeah, I said it's it's subjective, but that's something at least for me. It's a little I think it's fair I think that this is very fair either way I think they both they both are going away for a while and they're not gonna come out until like they're in their 40s or 50s and all that stuff. So honestly justice was served in this case(...) You know, they got the like I said this case With like more money though, I'm sure but if they're in prison, I mean They can't really work. So but 18 years is actually a long time I don't I don't know how they how the loss in Norway is but like I Think it's sweet. And as I've said in previous episodes, I think like lifetime is like(...) Between 12 to 15 years or something. Yeah, but and I think Finland is the same But Norway here they're like 19 18 years. I'm like, oh, okay I think they reserve it for the most like heinous of acts but Either way, like I'm I don't really have one. This is a very short story. But also to this is(...) once again, we bring awareness so it's not like a story as in like, oh, yeah, you know a story but
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this this is I'm satisfied with the result because One the police were very active and even though Faiza I shrub she lost her life
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She's still tried to fight she still called the police she still did everything she was supposed to do and unfortunately, you know She lost her life, but in reality
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The police were very proactive. This case was solved pretty quickly(...) And compared to like some other situations where it could have been dragged out it could have been
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You know could it ended up taking months what they did this relatively quit so good police work justice
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Especially with the Attorney General making sure that they got as much time as they deserved so justice all around and this is an example of Not only keep fighting no matter what the situation is, especially for a lot of women out there, you know Just no matter what the situation keep fighting Even though she lost her life in this situation fighting still increases your chances of Being found alive then not fighting So always happy for that But also just this is an example of good police work of them being proactive and the second they got the call They started to work on it. So this is what should be happening when you know people call the police and they were able to solve this crime get them charged and They're convicted and all this stuff happened relatively quickly compared to how slow it could have taken So I'm pretty satisfied with the outcome for the most part and also how to deal with a stalker
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make sure that you report and have as much evidence as you can of the(...) Stalker and if you have a chance record so as well because that's when they usually back away or Be around obviously people, you know, or don't go alone and you know regular stuff like that and also if you can't try to file for What's it called now again? Oh Yeah, a restraining order even though it is that's a very hard thing to do But if you have enough evidence and everything you can do it. So yeah(...) So I think we're pretty okay. So this one's gonna be short finally
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But uh, let's wrap it up with you know, the usual nice little vibes little VB's
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So, what are you What are you feeling matter fact? I'm gonna shout out the spaghetti I made I was about to say spaghetti. I was like spaghetti(...) I'm gonna shout out this week tomatoes getting tomato sauce with spaghetti And then you know just a little bit of spice even Addison cream like It was good. Actually, it was good. Oh Cream cuz I like that old cream we have so it's really good. It's really good So yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed today's episode really short compared to the usual. Finally. We have a short episode We've been bombarding you with relatively longer episodes, but this one is just technically a small one little light break and Next week's episode is gonna be a longer one. So and it's gonna have a lot of Information I might split that into part two maybe
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We'll see how that plays out, but I hope you enjoyed today's episode and I hope you have a great Monday or whatever day you're listening to(...) This podcast on and I hope to see you in the next one Peace out
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