Shock in Norway, cross country ski star Petter Northug convicted, goes to prison

Norway’s prisons are the best in the world in terms of comfort and facilities so he will not suffer much (think Club Med. enforced sojourn), but the withdrawal of his driving license for life will really hurt, not to mention the stigma attached with his conviction.

I’m not sure if the possession of drugs found in his possession affected the sentence greatly or not. This is really a very sad case case.

Athletic stars are people, too. At that, they should be held to the same standards as the rest of us. He was a large liability to hurting others. And good on him for admitting his faults. In America, he likely would have denied his law breaking, and had the judge apologize to him for his court inconvenience. The cover of a Sports Illustrated as a reward.

Ghost1 wrote:

Norway’s prisons are the best in the world in terms of comfort and facilities so he will not suffer much (think Club Med. enforced sojourn), but the withdrawal of his driving license for life will really hurt, not to mention the stigma attached with his conviction.

I’m not sure if the possession of drugs found in his possession affected the sentence greatly or not. This is really a very sad case case.

Every time somebody goes to prison or a filthy doper like Kiprop or Manangoi gets busted, Ghost says that it's a 'sad sad case'.

Get em convicted, get em banned. Dirtbags.

Well, on the bright side he will have plenty of time to work out and read that Knausgaard series.

Typical Norway prison pictured here. The irony is that despite the very comfortable conditions in all Norwegian prisons and jails, recidivism rates are very low in Scandinavian countries.

https://images.app.goo.gl/rZ6WrBqEH37e8xgn7

Don't forget his past history -- here's a story from 2014. I think he was sentenced to 50 days in prison for that escapade.

https://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/05/06/northug-lied-to-police-over-crash/

Thug Peter North

Here in the US what he did would just get his car impounded and a few driving offences/fines for the racing/speeding/dangerous driving and cell phone use while driving. Maybe a short license suspension but maybe not if he paid the fines right away. Now in Norway he gets jail time. We are too easy on people for driving offenses here. They can get away with a lot. People are killed from negligence driving and the killer walks free without their name even mentioned and goes on with life while the victims family is traumatized. Norway seems to have a better system to punish bad driving.

on my side it's a movie wrote:

Here in the US what he did would just get his car impounded and a few driving offences/fines for the racing/speeding/dangerous driving and cell phone use while driving. Maybe a short license suspension but maybe not if he paid the fines right away. Now in Norway he gets jail time. We are too easy on people for driving offenses here. They can get away with a lot. People are killed from negligence driving and the killer walks free without their name even mentioned and goes on with life while the victims family is traumatized. Norway seems to have a better system to punish bad driving.

There was also a demand, from Norge police, for a lifelong withdrawal of his driving license but it has not yet been established if that has actually taken place.

Kenaneeser Beckelay wrote:

Thug Peter North

Interesting play on his name which is strangely appropriate at this time. However perhaps Norwegians on this website might tell us about his more advantageous aspects of his personality and persona in general because no one is bad 100% are they?

What’s the coke like in Norway?

Expensive but excellent quality I imagine.

I think that he should get more time. It's just a matter of time before her murders someone with his car. I have no sympathy for reckless drivers, and this guy was driving at 200 km/h, under the influence, AND on the phone? Come on now.

If he's suicidal, I feel bad for him and his family, but he has NO right to endanger other lives because of that.

Reminds me of an old song by Joe Walsh- minus the jail time. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss9VZ1FHxy0

1) Remind me not to get in a car with him if given the chance.

2) Will he still get his asthma medicine while in jail?

Northug doesn't have asthma and I don't think he was ever mentioned as one of the non-asthmatic skiers (like Johaug for example) who used it.

If Pre wasn't given so many passes by the Eugene po po he might be alive today.

asking for afriend wrote:

What’s the coke like in Norway?

Expensive but excellent quality I imagine.

They're known for snow

but seriously the farther from the source, the more cut it will probably be.

get out of jail free wrote:

If Pre wasn't given so many passes by the Eugene po po he might be alive today.

I heard Northug was on the EugenePO.

I was just reading more about this on LetsSki.com