The accused, 39, was drunk and possibly under the influence of drugs when he punched the prime minister. The man, who appeared “as if lethargic” during the procedure, has pleaded not guilty.
The man accused of attacking last night the danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksenwill remain until June 20 under preventive prisonby decision of the hearing held this Saturday in a court in the Danish municipality of Frederiksberg.
The accused, 39, was drunk and possibly under the influence of drugs when he punched the prime minister in the upper right arm. Frederiksen also received a push although he did not fall to the ground. According to the latest medical report, she is fine although she suffers from a slight cervical trauma and has been “altered” by the incident for some time. The magistrate has considered that the individual had to know the prime minister and also sees it as “proven” that he made The agression. The accused, nevertheless, has pleaded not guiltyaccording to the Danish newspaper ‘Jyllands Posten’. The accused, who appeared “lethargic” during the procedure, also “neither speaks nor understands Danish”according to reports from the Prosecutor’s Office collected by the newspaper ‘Ekstra Bladet’.
Another account of the hearing, collected by the newspaper ‘Politiken’, points out that the accused “does not have much relationship with Denmark” although he has a Danish social security number, which indicates that he has worked in the country. Given this situation and after understanding that there is risk of escapethe judge has decided to place him in preventive detention.
Source: Eitb
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