Lawyer Fined $15,000 for Drunken Driving
From Associated Press
OSLO —
A Norwegian lawyer has been fined a record $15,000 for drunken driving, news reports said Wednesday.
The penalty, which included a 21-day suspended jail sentence, was levied Tuesday by an Oslo court under new rules pegging fines to income. The unidentified 45-year-old lawyer earned about $190,000 a year, newspapers said.
The previous record fine was last month when a businessman found guilty of drunken driving paid $11,200.
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