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Wingnut
04-22-2005, 01:57 PM
Skellefteċ and ex-Moose Jaw F Chad Hinz was found guilty today in Skellefteċ District Court of aggravated driving while under the influence of alcohol. He was sentenced to one month in prison and ordered to pay 5,780 Swedish crowns ($1,020 Canadian, $824 US) in court fees. He drove his car into the ditch on March 27th and was found to have a blood alcohol level of 0.223%, well above the limit of 0.02% in Sweden. He has filed an appeal which will be heard within three weeks. In the meantime, he remains in prison because the court determined he is a high flight risk - he tried to leave the country when the charge was first filed and was arrested at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport waiting for his flight to North America. He has spent two weeks in jail already and this time will be counted against the one-month sentence.