An Oslo court has extended the solitary confinement of Anders Behring Breivik for another four weeks.
The isolation was prolonged in part as police are still investigating whether Breivik had accomplices and also to protect evidence gathering, Oslo District Court Judge Hugo Abelseth said today.
During a closed hearing at Oslo District Court Brievik (32), said he found confinement "boring and monotonous" and a form of "sadistic torture," according to the judge. Breivik has admitted killing 77 people last month, including eight in a bombing in central Oslo.
Geir Lippestad, his attorney, said the accused was "calm" and was wearing a regular dark suit, instead of the coat and tails he had requested to wear.
The Norwegian mass killer made his second court appearance as relatives of the 69 people he gunned down gathered on the island where they died, ahead of a national day of remembrance across the country.
Some 40km away, about 500 relatives of victims gathered on the island of Utoeya to mourn and to hear from police exactly where and how they were killed.
"We will show them exactly where the people were found and give them details from the forensics investigation," Ketil Haukaas, deputy director of Norway's National Investigation Service, said.
Police released the full transcript yesterday of two phone calls Breivik made to police while he was shooting, mainly teenagers, on Utoeya.
In the first one, the killer identifies himself as a "commander" from the "Norwegian anti-communist resistance movement" and expressed his wish to "surrender", before the conversation is interrupted.
In the second one, Breivik says that he wishes to surrender now that he has "completed his operation".
"It is acceptable to surrender to Delta," he said, referring to the armed response unit who arrested him.
Police tried to call Breivik back but he did not answer the phone. At the same time concerned relatives and people on Utoeya were making frantic calls to police to say they were being shot at. Police told them to stay calm and play dead.
Since the attacks Norwegian police have come under criticism for the way they responded to the shooting. Relatives of the victims and media reports have said the police response may have been too slow.
Reporting: Reuters/Bloomberg