Drunk teacher fined for insulting President

  • 2009-01-13
  • TBT Staff
VILNIUS- A Lithuanian teacher from Visaginas has been fined and prosecutedfor insulting President Adamkus.

The teacher, 25, had sent the president an email cursing at him for hissupport of U.S. President George Bush and telling him to go back to Chicago.

Although the email never reached Adamkus, the teacher is still being fined3,250 litas for attempting to insult a state servant.

Maximum penalties couldhave included two years imprisonment.  The teacher tried to explain hisactions saying he had been drunk at the time of writing the email.