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Fishing Knife Father Risks Prison
Politiken.DK, 9 Sep 2009
Lars Lentz Sørensen loves fishing, but the fact that he forgot a folding knfe in his car after a fishing trip is now likely to cost him seven days in prison for breaking the weapons law.
"I've never experienced anything like it. I've always tried to be a law-abiding citizen. It's unreal to stand before a judge charged with breaking the weapons law and I feel that I'm embroiled in a political game between the politicians and courts," says Sørensen.
Concert
Having forgotten to take his folding knife out of his vehicle after a fishing trip, Sørensen was later stopped at a police checkpoint in Southern Jutland after returning to Denmark from a concert in Holland. Officers found the folding knife and charged Sørensen with breaking the weapons law.
Denmark has very strict laws regarding the possession of knives in the public space and a controversial minimum and mandatory sentence of seven days. A lower court, however, fined Sørensen DKK 3,000 but the public prosecutor appealed the ruling, demanding the mandatory seven-day prison sentence.
"I know I made a silly mistake. That was also why I accepted the lower court fine. But if you look at the offence itself, I don't understand why it should have such major consequences," Sørensen says.
http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article784644.ece
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