Ireland Case No. 21743Unauthorised use of vehicle (rental car driven abroad)
Norwegian sentenced for false instrument over rental car driven to Norway
Bjorn Erlend Tveter, a 41-year-old Norwegian telecom engineer, used a false rental agreement to lease a rental car and drove it 9,000 miles across Europe to Norway between November 10 and 25, 2020. The rental company was alerted when the car was caught speeding in Holland, and Norwegian police later seized the vehicle after Tveter declined to surrender it. He was extradited to Ireland in January 2023 after being stopped travelling from Spain to Gibraltar and pleaded guilty to use of a false instrument at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. In March 2023, Judge Martin Nolan sentenced him to 12 months with nine months suspended, backdated to January 13, 2023, and ordered him to pay the outstanding €1,200.
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- Sentenced27 Mar
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Key facts
consolidated from all reports- What happened
- Tveter used a false rental agreement with a former address to lease a rental car and drove it 9,000 miles across Europe to Norway.
- When
- The offence dates were between November 10 and 25, 2020.
- Investigation
- The rental company was alerted when the car was caught speeding in Holland, and Norwegian police seized the car after Tveter declined to surrender it.
- Charges
- Tveter pleaded guilty to use of a false instrument, being a fraudulent rental agreement.
- In court
- He was extradited to Ireland in January 2023 after being stopped travelling from Spain to Gibraltar.
- The case was heard at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Martin Nolan.
- Sentence
- Judge Martin Nolan imposed 12 months with nine months suspended, backdated to January 13, 2023.
- He was ordered to pay the outstanding €1,200.
- Other details
- He has previous convictions for drugs offences in Norway and Sweden.
- He has been in custody since his extradition in January 2023.
32 statements extracted from the articles
- whatTveter is a Norwegian telecom engineer (irishtimes.com)
- whatHe drove an Irish rental car across Europe to Norway in breach of his lease agreement (irishtimes.com, kildarenow.com)
- what9,000 miles were clocked up on the car (irishtimes.com, kildarenow.com)
- whatThe rental company was alerted when the car was caught speeding in Holland (irishtimes.com)
- whatHe told the company he needed the car and would hold on to it for a couple of months (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe car was flagged as stolen and recovered by police in Norway (irishtimes.com, kildarenow.com)
- whatA contractor was sent to repatriate the car at a cost of €3,200 (irishtimes.com, kildarenow.com)
- whatHe paid €1,500 initially on a 12-month lease (irishtimes.com)
- whatA further €3,500 was taken from his credit card at a later stage (irishtimes.com)
- whatThe company is at a remaining loss of €1,200 (irishtimes.com, kildarenow.com)
- whatNorwegian police seized the car and let Tveter go (irishtimes.com)
- whatHe pleaded guilty to use of a false instrument being a fraudulent rental agreement on dates between November 10 and 25, 2020. (kildarenow.com)
- whatHe was extradited to Ireland in January 2023 after being stopped travelling from Spain to Gibraltar. (kildarenow.com)
- whatHe used a false rental agreement with a former address to lease the car and left the state in it. (kildarenow.com)
- whatThe rental company was alerted the following day when a speeding ticket was flagged for the car in Holland. (kildarenow.com)
- whatHe told the company he needed the car and was going to hold on to it for a couple of months. (kildarenow.com)
- whatHe was asked to surrender the car to police in Norway but declined. (kildarenow.com)
- whatThe Norwegian police seized the car and let Tveter go. (kildarenow.com)
- whatThe vehicle involved was an Irish rental car. (extra.ie)
- whenThe offence dates were between November 10th and 25th, 2020 (irishtimes.com)
- investigationHe was extradited to Ireland in January after being stopped travelling from Spain to Gibraltar (irishtimes.com)
- chargeHe pleaded guilty to use of a false instrument, being a fraudulent rental agreement (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe case was heard at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court (irishtimes.com)
- courtThe case was heard at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Martin Nolan. (kildarenow.com)
- sentenceJudge Martin Nolan imposed a sentence of 12 months (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceNine months of the sentence were suspended (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceThe sentence was backdated to January 13, 2023 (irishtimes.com)
- sentenceJudge Martin Nolan imposed a sentence of 12 months and suspended the final nine months, backdating it to January 13, 2023. (kildarenow.com)
- sentenceHe was ordered to pay the outstanding €1,200. (kildarenow.com)
- sentenceA man was jailed for driving his Irish rental car to Norway. (extra.ie)
- otherHe has previous convictions for drugs offences in Norway and Sweden (irishtimes.com, kildarenow.com)
- otherHe has been in custody since his extradition in January (irishtimes.com)
The reporting
newest first- 28 Mar2023Man Jailed For Driving His Irish Rental Car To Norway
Man jailed for driving his Irish rental car to Norway.
convicted, male - 27 Mar2023Former Kildare resident who drove a rental car across Europe to his home country in breach of lease agreement is jailed
Sentencing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court before Judge Martin Nolan; 12-month sentence with nine months suspended, backdated to 13 January 2023, plus order to pay €1,200 outstanding.
convicted, Bjorn Erlend Tveter, 41, male, Norwegian, named, non-irishBjorn Erlend Tveter - 27 Mar2023Norwegian who drove an Irish rental car across Europe in breach of his lease agreement is jailed
Reports the sentencing of Bjorn Erlend Tveter at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, including details of the offence, extradition, and the 12-month sentence with nine months suspended.
convicted, Bjorn Erlend Tveter, 41, male, Norwegian, named, non-irishBjorn Erlend Tveter