Greenlandic politician charged with B&E

By NUNATSIAQ NEWS

Police charged a member of Greenland’s local parliament with breaking into a hotel and stealing liquor.

Jensine Berthelsen will plead self-defense because it was cold outside, national KNR radio reported on May 28.

Berthelsen of the liberal Atassut party said she had no choice but to force her way into the hotel in the west coast town of Sisimiut. Berthelsen was returning from a party to the hotel Sisimiut, where no one responded to her repeated ringing on the doorbell.

“It was cold and there was no other way to get in,” she told the radio.

Police gave her the choice of a fine or going to court and Berthelsen opted for a trial.

“If I pay the fine it amounts to declaring myself guilty, and I don’t think I am,” she said.

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