Drunken Jesus attacks police
14 Dec 2001
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article.jhtml?articleID
Drunken Jesus attacks police
A 31-year-old drunk from Bergen who believed he was Jesus attacked a
policeman who entered his train compartment. The defendant explained
that he mistook the police officer for Judas.
A Bergen court did not attach any weight to the accused's
explanation the he was the son of God, and sentenced him to 120
days in prison, but suspended half of the sentence, the local
Bergens Tidende reports.
The Bergen man had just been released from custody in Skien when
he boarded the afternoon express to his hometown. During the
trip he consumed considerable amounts of alcohol, and pestered
other passengers until the conductor intervened and tried to
reason with him.
This resulted in violence, and after smashing the conductor's
radio set, the punching and kicking Christ was eventually subdued
by train personnel. Police boarded the train at Arna station,
when the violence continued, with the inebriated assailant trying
to kick and bite the arresting officer.
"I entered a fantasy world where I was Jesus and the police
officer was Judas," was the man's explanation later.
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