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Coach arrested and expelled from Norway Cup for sexually offensive behavior

Oslo.Norway Cup.Photo: Vegard Grøtt / NTB scanpix

The coach of a foreign football team participating in the Norway Cup, has been arrested for sexually offensive behavior,  the newspaper VG writes.

The coach has now been expelled from the tournament.
In a press release Norway Cup confirm the arrest . As long as the case is still under investigation by the police, they will not make any further comments.

The security team in the tournament said they are now working to protect those involved.
The man was arrested at a school in Oslo at midnight on Wednesday after he had been reported to the police, according to the newspaper.

– Our lawyer decided we should apprehend him after we had been approached several times in  several days by people reporting him engaging in sexually offensive behavior , operations manager  of the Oslo police, Finn Belle, says. The police said the coach has been reported for “sexual crimes”.
According to the reports, those crimes include unwanted fondling and the like. The coach will be held in custody and will be questioned on Wednesday.

Source: NTB scanpix / Norway Today