A 39-year-old man from Poland has been sentenced for assault and sexual offenses by the Copenhagen City Court (Københavns Byret). The man, who has been living in Denmark for five years, received a four-month prison sentence and a deportation order prohibiting him from re-entering Denmark for six years.

The most serious charge involved an assault on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. The incident occurred on June 7 at Kultorvet in Copenhagen, where the Polish man, allegedly intoxicated, struck the Prime Minister on her right shoulder. At the time, Mette Frederiksen was en route to a coffee meeting with a friend and was accompanied by two bodyguards. According to witnesses, the man shouted something angry and incomprehensible during the incident.

Special prosecutor Anders Larsson argued that the assault was politically motivated due to Mette Frederiksen’s public statements; however, this claim was not upheld by the court. Nevertheless, the court deemed it an aggravating factor that the violence was directed at the Prime Minister during her personal time.

The man was also found guilty of four instances of sexual offenses, including one incident in which he groped a 22-year-old woman at Nørreport Station, and three incidents where he exposed himself to young women and girls.

The convicted man has a prior history of 22 fines for theft. His defense attorney, Henrik Karl Nielsen, argued against deportation and sought the mildest possible sentence. However, following the verdict, he stated that they had decided to accept the ruling. “It is a harsh sentence, but there were multiple offenses beyond the incident involving the Prime Minister,” Henrik Karl Nielsen told the press.

Following the assault, Mette Frederiksen was visibly shaken, according to her friend, journalist Puk Elgård, who provided testimony along with security personnel from PET (The Danish Security and Intelligence Service) during the proceedings. Unusually for a criminal case, the Prime Minister did not give her own testimony, as the prosecution deemed it unnecessary.

The verdict marks the conclusion of a case that has drawn significant attention due to the severity of the assault and the criminal background of the perpetrator.