He coughed on two policemen shouting “crown” and was sentenced to four months in prison

February 19, 2021 6:41 AM

The 20-year-old has been charged with the crime of “threatening violence against two policemen”. The event happened in Denmark.

A 20-year-old was sentenced to four months in prison for coughing in the face of two policemen to the cry of “crown”. The event happened in Denmark.

“He shouted ‘corona’ when he was half a meter away from the officers, coughing several times on two officers, facing one of them and in the upper part of the other’s body,” said the police officer. judicial declaration that was adopted. by the Supreme Court of Denmark.

While the man has not been infected with coronavirus, the court argued that he had committed a crime of “Threat of violence against two officers”. In addition, the young man fled the police for which he also violated article 124 of the legislation.

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He coughed two policemen shouting “crown” and was sentenced to jail

The incident occurred in March in the Danish city of Aarhus in the country’s central region; when the young man was returning from a birthday party in his private car and was stopped by a patrol performing a routine check. It was then that he shouted “crown” and coughed above the officers, who were about two feet away.

During the statement, the accused alleged in court that he was drunk and assured that his “intention” was not to infect anyone with coronavirus. However, the Criminal Code of this European country includes intentionality as a key factor in the conviction of a person for transmitting the disease.

Although he was initially acquitted by an Aarhus court for coughing the police, he was found guilty of fleeing from the police.

However, later the prosecution and the accused appealed against this decision to the Supreme Court, which ultimately rejected the acquittal requested by the defense and extended the sentence, as requested by the prosecution.

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