Danish PM attacker gets jail term, will be deported

AFP | Copenhagen, Denmark

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A Danish court on Wednesday handed a Polish man a four-month prison sentence and ordered him deported for punching the country’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in June.

The 39-year-old, who Danish authorities have ruled cannot be named in the media, was immediately apprehended after the alleged assault on June 7 in a Copenhagen square.

“We have found you guilty of having punched the prime minister with a closed fist on the right shoulder,” judge Jacob Scherfig told the 39-yearold at the end of the trial Wednesday.

The man, who has lived in Denmark for five years, will be deported after serving his sentence. In addition he will also banned from re-entering the Scandinavian country for six years.