COPENHAGEN: A Danish court on Wednesday handed a Polish man a four-month prison sentence and ordered him deported for punching the country´s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in June.
The 39-year-old, who Danish authorities have ruled cannot be named in the media, was immediately apprehended after the assault on June 7 in a Copenhagen square. “We have found you guilty of having punched the prime minister with a closed fist on the right shoulder,” judge Jacob Scherfig told the man at the end of the trial on Wednesday.
The man, who has lived in Denmark for five years, will be deported after serving his sentence. He was also banned from re-entering the Scandinavian country for six years.
During the two-day trial, he denied responsibility, saying he remembered coming face-to-face with the prime minister, whom he recognised, but not putting his hand on her.
He said he believed the memory loss was the result of alcohol use, and the surprise of suddenly coming face-to-face with the prime minister.
Frederiksen, 46, underwent a medical examination after the incident and was diagnosed with a “contusion on her right shoulder and a minor whiplash injury”, her office said at the time. The man was convicted of violence against a public servant.
He was also convicted of several counts of indecent exposure and fraud relating to other incidents. Neither the prosecution nor defence called Frederiksen as a witness during the trial, as the prosecution argued they could present a strong enough case without her testimony.
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