In the legal purge, he was sentenced to death for murder, torture, bodily harm, aggravated assault with dangerous tools and maltreatment of his own countrymen by the Supreme Court of Norway 6 September 1946. Tou was executed by firing squad at Sverresborg Fortress in Bergen 30 January 1947.Sentence, Supreme Court of Norway: Rt-1946-935 (Høyesterett – dom: 1946-09-06. Rt-1946-935) Source: Norsk Retstidende
