Norway braces for verdict in rape trial of crown princess's son Marius Borg Høiby

Marius Borg Høiby will appear via video link, almost three months after his trial came to an end on 40 charges, including four counts of rape.

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Høiby, 29, will appear via video link because of unspecified health reasons, almost three months after his trial came to an end on 40 charges, including four counts of rape. He denies the most serious offences but admits some of the lesser charges involving drugs and traffic offences.

Prosecutors say he should be given seven years and seven months in jail, whereas his defence lawyers believe he should serve a year-and-a-half.

Høiby, whose mother married into the royal family when he was four, has been in custody since the start of February.

Police detained him shortly before the trial began on suspicion of assault and violating a restraining order involving an ex-girlfriend.