The Copenhagen District Court has sentenced a Polish citizen to four months in prison for assaulting Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. The court also imposed a six-year entry ban on the convicted individual, forbidding him from entering Denmark following the completion of his sentence. According to local media reports, the assault occurred in June when the 39-year-old man, who had been residing in Denmark for five years, struck the prime minister on her shoulder.
The identity of the convict remains undisclosed; however, the court confirmed he was aware of Frederiksen’s identity at the time of the assault. He was charged with violence against an official in office. Testimonies, including a statement from Frederiksen’s bodyguard, corroborated the crime, detailing the aggressor’s behavior during the incident.
In addition to this charge, the defendant faced various other unrelated criminal accusations, such as embezzlement and mortgage fraud. The events leading to the sentencing unfolded after Prime Minister Frederiksen was struck while campaigning for the Social Democratic Party’s EU parliament candidate, Christel Schaldemose, as reported earlier.
Upon serving his prison term, the convicted man will be deported and barred from re-entering Denmark for six years. The timing of the assault, which came weeks after an attempt on Slovakia’s prime minister raised concerns about the safety of political figures in Europe amidst the upcoming EU elections.