The Russian man Maxim, who was convicted of illegal drone flying in Norway, has been released. news is informed of this by public prosecutor Marit Formo. This happens two days after the judgment became final. Formo says they have chosen to release him because two other Russians were recently acquitted of similar circumstances. One of them is Andrey Yakunin. – Maxim has almost finished his period. The fact that Yacunin was acquitted yesterday, and another Russian today, means that his case will be affected. I therefore see it as right that he should be released now. Convicted of illegal drone flying 34-year-old Maxim was arrested in Ullensvang municipality in October. Then he had flown a drone in several places in Western Norway. He himself said that he did not know it was illegal and that he was there as a tourist. The Hordaland District Court nevertheless held that he had broken the law because Russians are not allowed to fly in Norway. He was sentenced to 90 days in prison. So far he has served around half of those days. This is the drone with which the now drone-accused Russian took pictures and video in Norway. Drone image taken above the Pulpit in Rogaland. Landscape image taken from the drone of the Russian. Overview image taken from the air. – Equal treatment is important Formo has represented the state in the case against Maxim and Russian-Israeli Vitaly Rustanovich, who were convicted of drone flying in the Oslo district court in November. The latter was also released today. – Different district courts have now come to different results. It is important to have equal treatment in these cases, so I will wait for the appeal court for a clarification, says Formo. The prosecutor in the case against Yacunin has already notified an appeal. Rustanovich, who has been sentenced to 120 days in prison, but has been released, has already re-opened the case. When the cases are appealed, they go on to the Court of Appeal and then the Supreme Court. That is where Formo believes the final interpretation of the law must come from. The district court in Hordaland has taken the starting point from the fact that the sanction that applies to flying in Norway also applies to small recreational drones. The district court in Nord-Troms and Senja disagrees. – We need to get a clarification on this, says Formo. Advokatforeningen: – Unsustainable with different treatment Leader of the defense group in Advokatforeningen, Marius Dietrichson also believes that there must be a quick clarification on how the law is to be interpreted. – If it is the case that the cases are treated differently, but on the same basis, it is not tenable, he says.
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Drone convict Maxim is on the loose – news Vestland
