Lecturer acquitted for erection

Nettavisen ^ | 9-3-2003 | Carin Pettersson

[wafflehouse]

A 40-year-old lecturer at a college in Northern Norway, lost his job after he got an erection in the presence of two students. The court claims the incident can not be held against him.

Two female students contacted college management after the incident where they claim the lecturer exposed himself indecently to them in a work-out room. The district attorney filed a suit against the man after the local police suggested not prosecuting the case. However, in the criminal case the lecturer was unanimously acquitted.

In Hammarfest law of property, the ground for dismissal was found wrongful, and Høgskolen in Finnmark has been sentenced to pay the court costs amounting to NOK 162,000, reported newspaper Dagbladet.

According to witness accounts from students, the incident took place when the lecturer got an erection while he was lying on a work-out mat lifting weights. The court bases its decision on the fact that even if one of the women claims that she saw his penis, the majority of the people in court claimed that this was not his intention.

It is likely that the erected penis may have been visible between the shorts and his thigh, and the fact that the lecturer can not be held accountable for this to any particular degree was given as a reason for the judgment.

Just after the incident, the lecturer is said to have apologized to the students.

“This case has had enormous consequences for my client. We will file a claim for compensation if the final judgment is that the dismissal was unlawful,” said the lecturer’s lawyer, Oscar Ihlebæk, to Dagbladet.

[wafflehouse]

i did a search, but didnt find this posted yet..
maybe all men in norway should just have their penises removed, in order to avoid offending anyone? /sarcasm

[wafflehouse]

ping for you..

[tet68]

Poor thing, she had probably never seen one before.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

The court claims the incident can not be held against him.

The evidence would never stand up in a court of law.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

A Møøse once skared my sister.

[CheneyChick]

Don't they have locks for those things?

[Sangamon Kid]

All rise! The court is now in session.

[At _War_With_Liberals]

There is a huge phenomenon in the US at concerts of hundreds of women and girls pulling their tops off and flashing the crowd. If this is accepted, it leads to men having that right, no? I never had a problem with it.

But, the lecter at the gym. I worked out in a gym with men and women for years, and having an erection in the midst of a workout is far from normal.

Something is up here...

[cyborg]

It is likely that the erected penis may have been visible between the shorts and his thigh, and the fact that the lecturer can not be held accountable for this to any particular degree was given as a reason for the judgment

** Wish I was there to see that

[Sangamon Kid]

I'm glad the case never went to trial, the guy could have gotten a stiff sentence.

[rintense]

They were called creeping charlies when I grew up... ;)

[ambrose]

Political Correctness Gone Mad

[June Cleaver]

Too Good...LOL

[freeangel]

I thought it was about Berkely

[Diddle E. Squat]

"If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?"

[Consort]

Sounds like a hardened criminal to me.

[marvlus]

Any reasonable thinking woman would have been flattered, no?

[Rummyfan]

This case has had enormous consequences for my client.

Braggart!

[autoresponder]

Every boy had an Erector Set once.

I guess Lincoln Logs are illegal to now.