'My teen son said he was off to play football... then police arrived at my door to say he was a HITMAN who'd been arrested in a Huddersfield hotel room with a gun and £2,000 cash': Middle-class mother tells of every parent's social media worst nightmare
Ellen Kongsnes has told of the moment police arrived at her home in Stavanger, Norway, on March 17 last year, to tell her that her son Johannes, 19, had been hired as a hitman.
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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated crime & justice brief. The source report from Daily Mail says: Ellen Kongsnes has told of the moment police arrived at her home in Stavanger, Norway, on March 17 last year, to tell her that her son Johannes, 19, had been hired as a hitman.
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- Primary source: Daily Mail
- Published: Aug 4, 2026, 1:17 AM UTC
- Coverage area: Crime & Justice
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