Oterkiil refuses to accept the fine that resulted from a chaotic Saturday night in Porsgrunn last September, newspaper Telemarksavisa reports.
"He is not fined for trying to help, but because he knocked down a man who was interfering," prosecutor and police lawyer Kjell Ove Ljosåk said in Skien and Porsgrunn municipal court on Wednesday, where the matter went after Oterkiil refused to pay.
"Together with a completely sober friend I was standing on the sidewalk at Dickens after closing time at 3:30 a.m. I was far from intoxicated after two-three half-liters (pints) of beer. A stranger, a young woman, came and grabbed me. We spoke a few seconds when she suddenly fell backwards and hit her head on the pavement with a frightening crack," Oterkiil told the court.
Oterkiil bent down and folded his jacket under her head and put her into a stable lateral position. Another man called an ambulance while Oterkiil checked her pulse and breathing.
While this was going on a man suddenly appeared, lay down beside the unconscious woman and kissed her on the mouth.
"I tried to push this clearly drunk man off and asked him to stay away while another man and I tried to get control over the situation," Oterkiil said.
But the amorous drunk refused to give up, and after four or five repetitions of pushing and conversation Oterkiil had had enough, and "hit him in the face, possibly with a fist".
The prosecution argued that Oterkiil should have gotten someone to help him remove the troublesome man, and the court will now decide whether the fine is justified.
