Manga translator loses child porn cartoon appeal
A translator of Japanese manga comics has been fined by a Swedish appeals court after drawings saved on his computer were considered to be child porno...
Cowboy spared jail for knife-throwing antics
A knife-slinging Danish cowboy has been spared jail after failing to read the small print on his weapon’s licence.
Swede bites head off mouse in sick phone film
A 23 year-old Swede who bit the head off a live mouse while his friends filmed it on a mobile phone, has been charged with animal cruelty offences. Th...
Jail terms handed down for Denmark’s biggest heist
Fourteen men, convicted of the biggest heist in Denmark’s history, have been sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail. The municipal court in t...
Rape case withdrawn as accused marries victim
A court in Finland has dismissed a case against a man accused of rape after he married his alleged victim. The trial, which was being heard at the Nor...
First terror financing trial kicks off in Norway
A Somali-born Norwegian has pleaded not guilty to sending more than NOK 200,000 (USD 30,000) to the leaders of an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant grou...
Drunken sailor sentenced after wrecking ship in Sweden
A Ukrainian captain who ran his ship aground in southwest Sweden has been sentenced to one month in prison for aggravated drunkenness at sea. Accordin...
Climax comes too soon for Sweden’s orgasm church
The Madonna of the Orgasm church was turned away by Sweden’s highest court this week as it made a last-ditch attempt to be registered as a faith commu...