Fisheries owner convicted of exploitation of foreign labour
A fish farm in Finnmark is convicted in Lofoten District Court for exploiting foreign labour. The dispute was that eleven Lithuanian workers were not paid…
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21-year-old convicted of assault on seven-year-old girl
A 21-year-old man from Sørlandet in Kristiansand District Court has been sentenced to two years and ten months imprisonment for sexual abuse against a seven-year-old…
Restaurateurs guilty of forced labour
Restaurant owners in Stavanger convicted of forced labour A couple who run a restaurant in Stavanger have been sentenced to prison for employing forced labour….
Woman convicted of conning 17 men
A woman from Troms has been sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment for conning 17 men to pay her over NOK 600,000 in…
Gambia withdraws pardon of convicted Norwegian
A Norwegian convicted criminal who has been imprisoned in Gambia for eight years, nevertheless, has not been pardoned after strong protests. The committee, which…
4 of 10 Norwegian IS convicted, released
In 2015 the first sentences were dropped.Three years later four out of ten Norwegian IS convicts have been released, according to NRK. Two of…
Syrian man convicted of raping a woman in Aust-Agder
A 25 year old Syrian man has been sentenced in Aust-Agder District Court to four years and four months in prison for raping a woman…
Six people convicted for having trained dogs for hunting
Four men and two women have been sentenced to severe prison sentences for having trained dogs to hunt and kill other animals, such as cats,…
Kindergarten employee convicted of abuse against seven boys
The Bergen District Court has sentenced a 33-year-old man to ten years of custody for sexual assault against seven children at a kindergarten. The 33-year-old faces a verdict…
Five men convicted of having defrauded banks for 36 million kroner
In just one year, five men managed to cheat NOK 36 million from several banks. Now they are to be sentenced after the mafia law…
Poles convicted of smuggling alcohol amongst building materials
Four Polish men have been convicted of smuggling, and sentenced to imprisonment for at least two years for smuggling beer and spirits to Rogaland. According…
Taxi driver convicted for rape gets prison sentence
A 28 year-old taxi driver was sentenced to prison for 4 years and 6 months in Gulating County Court for raping a female passenger in…
Former KrF politician convicted of rape and sexual abuse
A former Kristelig Folkeparti (KrF) politician in Hordaland has been sentenced to three years in prison for sexual intercourse with an 11 year old girl….
Man convicted of death threats against Skei Grande
A 43 year old man has been convicted of making death threats against political left-winger, Trine Skei Grande after the introduction of the airline fee…
Youths convicted of several robberies in Stavanger
Five people were sentenced to juvenile punishment for several robberies in Stavanger in 2016. Everyone was under the age of 18 when the robberies were…
Father and son convicted of abusing the family
Father and son convicted of abusing their family A father in his fifties and one of his sons in the twenties are convicted of abuse…
Woman convicted of growing cannabis
A 46-year-old woman has been sentenced in Borgarting County Court to six years and nine months in prison for the storage of drugs and farming…
Oslo municipality convicted in school bullying case
Oslo municipality has been convicted in the district court of being partly responsible for a bully victim’s sickness disability. The municipality has appealed against the…
Convicted for violence against nine people
An 18-year-old man is in Bergen District Court sentenced to a one-year jail for blind violence against nine different people. Most attacks took place…
Two men convicted of using forced labor in horticulture
Two men convicted of using forced labor in horticulture Two men in their thirties and sixties have been sentenced to prison by the Supreme Court…
