Breivik trial ends with no answer on sanity

OSLO -- With a rambling monologue depicting Norway's worst peacetime massacre as a necessary evil, confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik got the last word as his 10-week trial ended Friday amid conflicting claims about his sanity.

Relatives of his 77 victims said they hope it's the last they hear from him.

"For me, this is not about whether he's mentally competent or not," said Unni Espeland, whose 16-year-old daughter, Andrine, was killed in Breivik's shooting massacre. "For me, this is about him never being let out again."

Since the self-styled anti-Muslim fanatic admitted to the twin attacks on July 22 -- a car bomb in downtown Oslo followed by the shooting spree at the governing Labor Party's youth camp -- his sanity was the key issue to be resolved in the trial.

Breivik, 33, rejected prosecutors' assertion that he is insane, but it was unclear whether he helped his case with a closing statement that included complaints against the TV show "Sex and the City" and the Eurovision Song Contest.

But it was the relatives of victims who left the strongest impression on the court on the final day as they tried to put their losses in words.

Lara Rashid, 17, told the court she was consumed with feelings of guilt for having survived the Utoya massacre, while her older sister Bano was killed.

"It should have been me," Rashid said, her voice cracking.

Kirsti Loevlie, whose 30-year-old daughter, Hanne, was killed in the bombing, moved the courtroom to tears as she described the shock of finding out her daughter was dead.

The five-judge panel will announce its ruling on Aug. 24, chief Judge Wenche Elisabeth Arntzen said.