Suspended Sentence For Norway's Schjelderup After Sharing Illegal Video

Norway world Andreas Schjelderup has been fixed a two-week suspended situation condemnation aft a Danish tribunal recovered him blameworthy of sharing intersexual worldly of 2 boys nether nan property of 18.

Benfica winger Schjelderup, 21, told nan tribunal he received a 27-second video connected Snapchat and forwarded it to a group chat of 4 friends earlier deleting it erstwhile he realised its content.

Schjelderup, who was 19 and playing for Danish Superliga broadside Nordsjaelland astatine nan clip of nan incident, pleaded blameworthy aft co-operating pinch a constabulary investigation.

Schjelderup will only person to service clip successful jailhouse if recovered blameworthy of different crime during nan adjacent 12 months.

The prosecution had asked nan tribunal to condemnation Schjelderup to astatine slightest 20 days successful prison.

His lawyer Anders Nemeth told nan tribunal that nan defence would return clip to deliberate earlier deciding whether to appeal.

Rui Costa, president of Portuguese broadside Benfica, has antecedently been reported arsenic saying nan nine will support Schjelderup.

In a connection posted connected Instagram connected 8 November, Schjelderup apologised and said he wanted to "be unfastened to each of you astir a stupid correction I did".

He said he was "ready to look nan consequences" and urged group not to "watch aliases dispersed videos pinch harmful aliases violative content".

"The offence I will beryllium convicted for does not bespeak connected who I americium arsenic a personification and what I guidelines for," he added.

Schjelderup, who has 8 caps for Norway, was an unused substitute connected Sunday arsenic they hit Italy 4-1 successful Milan to suffice for nan 2026 Fifa World Cup.