– My client has been informed that he will receive 60 days in prison without conditions. He will consider whether to appeal. He is very disappointed, says the groom’s lawyer Harald Søndenå Jakobsen. Today, the verdict was handed down after a stag party got out of hand in Stavanger last summer. The police received a report that a man wearing a Finnish cap had thrown a sack at Olivia’s outdoor restaurant in the center of Stavanger, shouted something in an unknown language and ran away from the city. Guests and others in the vicinity ran from everything they had when the police arrived. The police evacuated people from the area, and after eleven minutes got control of the person who is said to have done this at the concert hall a little outside the city centre, about 6-700 meters from the incident. The police then learn that the whole thing must have been part of a hen party. The incident was filmed and the bag was harmless. The judgment states: “Based on the objective characteristics of the action and the situation, the court finds that the bomb threat was without any doubt suitable to establish serious fear in the unsuspecting guests sitting at the nearest tables that death and maiming would befall them and their loved ones who sat with them (including families with children), when they became aware of what was happening.” – It was never my client’s intention to scare anyone. All the defendants apologized to the offended who appeared in court, says defender Jakobsen. – Totally thoughtless – It’s thoughtless. It’s totally mindless. And with consequences for so many. I could use many strong words about this, but now we’ll see what we do with that bachelor party. This was said by the head of operations at the police, Jøran Solheim, when he spoke to news after the incident last year. Several who were present are said to have told news that they were afraid of dying. The incident happened days after the terrorist attack in Oslo. Four men were subsequently charged in the case. All pleaded not guilty in court, but pleaded not guilty. The court did not believe the defendants’ explanations that they did not realize that they were creating fear: “Staging what on the outside appears to be a bomb attack in an urban area where the perpetrator puts on a Finnish cap, throws a bag into a crowd and runs from the scene, precisely plays on these basic elements in widely known performances which help to create fear of death and mutilation with subsequent chaos where this is carried out. This is of crucial importance for the assessment of intent for all of the defendants. When three of the defendants are also aware that Allah should also be shouted! when the groom threw the bag, these three were also aware that the event was organized with the guise of Islamic terrorism.” The police were armed as the terrorist threat in Norway was considered high at the time the incident occurred. Must pay All eight people who were part of the bachelor party were taken to the police station. Their phones were seized and the police have secured video of the incident from them. The police opened a criminal case for serious threats. All participants in the stag party were reported. Now four men have been sentenced. Three of them are in their 20s, while the fourth is in their 30s. Three have been sentenced to 60 days in prison, while the last has been sentenced to 45 days in prison. They must also pay NOK 10,000 each in legal costs. – My client is disappointed because the court has completely disregarded their explanations. The judge believes that they should have understood that they could cause serious fear, says defense attorney Jakobsen.
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