Chandru
05 February 2009, 02:08 AM
I thought I could share some weird news as well:
VIENNA - An Austrian woman has begun a 500-day jail sentence for ignoring parking tickets and failing to pay a cumulative fine of around 24,000 euros ($30,860), police said Tuesday.
They said the 38-year-old civil servant from the southern city of Graz was jailed after ignoring 700 attempts by local authorities to notify her of the fines over a 2-year period.
"Of course we have had people ignore three, four, five or even 10 reminders, but 700 ... that is unheard of," said police official Herbert Mattersdorfer.
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A police spokesman said that under Austrian law, the woman could only spend 42 days at a time in jail for this offense, so her term would be split into several stints behind bars.
Also, check this out: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29000214/
VIENNA - An Austrian woman has begun a 500-day jail sentence for ignoring parking tickets and failing to pay a cumulative fine of around 24,000 euros ($30,860), police said Tuesday.
They said the 38-year-old civil servant from the southern city of Graz was jailed after ignoring 700 attempts by local authorities to notify her of the fines over a 2-year period.
"Of course we have had people ignore three, four, five or even 10 reminders, but 700 ... that is unheard of," said police official Herbert Mattersdorfer.
Story continues below ↓
advertisement | your ad here
A police spokesman said that under Austrian law, the woman could only spend 42 days at a time in jail for this offense, so her term would be split into several stints behind bars.
Also, check this out: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29000214/