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Norwegian billionaire tobacco heiress given $38,750 drunk-driving fine

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A 22-year-old Norwegian student has been handed a 250,000-kroner ($38,750 Canadian) fine for drunken driving — but can still count herself lucky. Katharina G. Andresen is reportedly Norway’s richest woman, a tobacco heiress with a fortune estimated by Forbes at $1.57 billion. Fines for drunken driving in Norway are based on the defendant’s income. Newspaper Finansavisen reported that Oslo City Court said the penalty could have been up to 40 million kroner ($6.2 million) if based on Andresen’s assets.

 

Read the full article here: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/11/17/norwegian-billionaire-tobacco-heiress-given-38750-drunk-driving-fine.html

 

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