John Larsgard, 33, was found guilty of aggravated assault. Although he did not hit them, witnesses described the incident as threatening and potentially lethal. Judge sentenced him to 7.5-years in jail.

MartialWay · 2012-04-25T21:18:57+00:00

there's more to this story:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002601538

On this day, the annual music festival was going on in Winslow. John mistakenly turns into Winslow´s 2. street going the wrong way down the one way street full of people enjoying the festivities. John drives slowly but some people still hurl abuse and make threatening gestures towards the car.

were there no signs? If not, the cops share some of the blame here.

Liverotto · 2012-04-26T21:22:18+00:00

Accompanied by his mother, Larsgard drove the wrong way down a street thronged with festival-goers

As angry locals remonstrated with Larsgard, one man reached into the car and punched the Norwegian in the face, breaking his nose.

Seeking to get away, Larsgard drove over one woman’s toes, while another woman suffered grazing as she leapt out of the way.

The Norwegian was arrested and has spent the last seven months in prison, mainly siting in solitary confinement as he awaited his trial.

“There’s no proof; nor is it even probable that Larsgard tried to injure or kill anybody in Winslow. The case is completely crazy. Having attended parts of the court case, I’m shocked that he has been convicted,” said Olander

Described by Norwegian media as one of the country’s unluckiest citizens, Larsgard was kicked out of the University of South Alabama ten days after the terrorist attacks on the United States in September 2011.

A student of biochemistry, he was told the university did not want foreign students experimenting with materials that could be used to create biological weapons, newspaper Dagbladet reported at the time.

7 Years in prison because he injured the toes of a woman after being punched in the face and tried to run away.

We need to bring democracy to that redneck fucking country.

ullere · 2012-04-25T21:02:52+00:00

Oh, come the fuck on, that is utterly shameless topic-picking, there. You missed out the part where he ran over a woman's foot after driving the wrong way down a one-way street with a crowd of people, then after escaping, reversed his car into a shopfront containing a woman and a child.

Awful, awful posts on this subreddit as of late.