No fine for apple peeling!
An Oslo chauffeur will not have to pay a NOK 6,000 (USD 885) fine he received for using a knife to peel an apple in a public place. Sverre Moen, 50, was arrested by two police officers in May as he was returning to his car to pick up a handicapped passenger after peeling an apple.
Police were reacting to a ban on carrying any kind of knives in Oslo. Moen, who had used a common tollekniv, a sheath knife that typically has a 10 centimeter (four inch) blade to peel an apple, was handcuffed and brought to Majorstua police station.
Moen was body searched and tossed into a cell where he waited four hours before receiving a fine.
The case generated much media attention, with police sticking to their grounds for action. Moen took the case to court and was cleared on Thursday.
"The hours in that cell were so traumatic that I needed medical help," Moen told TV2 Nettavisen. He got his knife back but plans to eat unpeeled apples when in Oslo.
Via Aftenposten News in English.
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