Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette Marit, has been sentenced to four years in jail.

Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and sentenced to four years in prison.

The three judges in courtroom 250 at Oslo District Court cleared him of two other counts of rape, but found him guilty of many of the other offences of which he had been accused.

Høiby was not in court for the verdict for unspecified health reasons, but joined the session via video link.

Prosecutors had called for Høiby to be given seven years and seven months in prison. His defence lawyers had called for a lesser term of 18 months and can appeal against the verdict.

      • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
        3·
        8 days ago

        both. the exquisite combination of a smug draco malfoy face that knows it can get away with shit and big but delicate-looking bones and a propensity to bruise easy. cathartic and satisfying

        • MrShankles@reddthat.com
          21·
          8 days ago

          Lmao, Draco Malfoy seems rather accurate. Dude has an airstrip across his forehead… (aka, that forehead is disturbingly big, and I can’t stop staring)

  • Dingaling@lemmy.mlEnglish
    81·
    10 days ago

    As a British citizen, it’s nice to see a royal family that’s not above the law.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      10 days ago

      don’t worry, an appeal is still coming and capable of reducing it to a slap on the hand. lol

    • Soup@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 days ago

      I’m more shocked that he actually recieved a punishment, but then again we’re not really used to that sorta thing around here in Canada and the US.