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06-13-2002, 11:20 AM
<A HREF=http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID=345460>Just threatening to rape him may prove ineffective.</A>
Rape threats to fight junk mail
An Oslo man was fined after pleading guilty to threatening to violate a mailman or anyone else delivering unwanted advertising to his mailbox. The court reduced the fine due to extenuating circumstances.
The 29-year-old man had tried several conventional methods of halting the daily delivery of ads and junk mail but notices to the mailman and a standard 'no advertising' sticker had no effect.
On October 20, 2000 the annoyed recipient escalated tensions by posting an original notice on his mailbox to make his feelings clearer. One side of the message displayed a picture of the man holding a pistol. On the reverse side was a message in colorful and violent language promising to carry out sexual assault on anyone who dared to put an ad in his mailbox.
This step led to charges of molesting a public servant in the course of duty with profanity or other offensive behavior. Police fined the disgruntled ad-hater, but he refused to recognize the punishment.
When the case came to court the man decided to plead guilty, but the prosecution's call for a NOK 5000 fine was reduced to NOK 2000 when the court ruled the man's ignored efforts to stop the ads served as extenuating circumstances.
The court were less certain that mailmen qualified as public servants, perhaps since the Norwegian postal service has become a corporation. They finally decided to put most weight on the offensive nature of the message.
A hatred of junk mail seems to bring out the worst in people. Earlier in they year a newspaper delivery woman was attacked by a naked man on one roller skate who police believed was trying to stop the delivery of unwanted advertising.
Rape or naked on a rollerskate? Which do you prefer?
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Rape threats to fight junk mail
An Oslo man was fined after pleading guilty to threatening to violate a mailman or anyone else delivering unwanted advertising to his mailbox. The court reduced the fine due to extenuating circumstances.
The 29-year-old man had tried several conventional methods of halting the daily delivery of ads and junk mail but notices to the mailman and a standard 'no advertising' sticker had no effect.
On October 20, 2000 the annoyed recipient escalated tensions by posting an original notice on his mailbox to make his feelings clearer. One side of the message displayed a picture of the man holding a pistol. On the reverse side was a message in colorful and violent language promising to carry out sexual assault on anyone who dared to put an ad in his mailbox.
This step led to charges of molesting a public servant in the course of duty with profanity or other offensive behavior. Police fined the disgruntled ad-hater, but he refused to recognize the punishment.
When the case came to court the man decided to plead guilty, but the prosecution's call for a NOK 5000 fine was reduced to NOK 2000 when the court ruled the man's ignored efforts to stop the ads served as extenuating circumstances.
The court were less certain that mailmen qualified as public servants, perhaps since the Norwegian postal service has become a corporation. They finally decided to put most weight on the offensive nature of the message.
A hatred of junk mail seems to bring out the worst in people. Earlier in they year a newspaper delivery woman was attacked by a naked man on one roller skate who police believed was trying to stop the delivery of unwanted advertising.
Rape or naked on a rollerskate? Which do you prefer?
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