Tag: crime

Rape sentence cut on appeal

An appeals court in Bærum west of Oslo reduced the prison term handed a 41-year-old man from Poland following his conviction for raping a...

Trial starts over teenager and his bomb

A 17-year-old refugee from the Northern Caucasus went on trial in Oslo Monday, charged with possession of dangerous explosives after he set off a...

Bridge champs hit by jail terms

Many Norwegians were unaware that they could claim two of the world's best bridge players, until both were convicted of tax evasion and sentenced...

Concerns for animals rise again

Never before have state animal protection authorities received so many complaints about the owners of both pets and livestock in Norway. Many more of...

School violence ‘shocks’ minister

Norway's acting state education minister was calling on Thursday for an emergency meeting after reports of violence at a high school in Oslo. It's...

Woman held on murder charges

A judge in Kristiansand ordered that a woman in her 40s be held in custody for at least four weeks, two of them in...

‘Hash baron’ appeals his prison term

Gjermund Cappelen, Norway's so-called former "hash baron" who was sentenced to prison last week along with a former Oslo police officer, has decided to...

School ordered to refund students’ fees

A private communications school that overcharged tuition and landed in various other trouble was ordered on Wednesday to refund nearly NOK 30 million to former...

Experts justify Jensen’s jail term

Norway's longest prison term of 21 years is rarely handed out and even convicted murderers have been known to avoid it. Questions have thus...

Police pressured to probe corruption

UPDATED: Oslo Police Chief Hans Sverre Sjøvold has admitted there were "several indications" that Eirik Jensen, one of the police force's most trusted and...
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