A serious crime.
Comedian and radio personality Jacob Öqvist is sentenced to prison.
The entertainer is guilty of aggravated drunken driving.
Drunk driving and celebrities seem to be a common combination right now. Aftonbladet’s profiled employees Hans Shimoda60, is charged with drunk driving – on March 8 he will appear in the district court.
The well-known comedian and radio personality Jacob Öqvist, 52, also has a hard time refrain from driving when he has been drinking. Now the entertainer has been sentenced to one month in prison after his dangerous journey on the E4 in the Stockholm area on October 23 last year.
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Jacob Öqvist is sentenced to prison after he was convicted of aggravated drunk driving.
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Jacob Öqvist has participated in several television productions such as Melodifestivalen.
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When the police stopped Jacob Öqvist on the E4, his tires had burnt up, half the rim was gone.
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Here is Jacob Öqvist, with his dog Eddie. The comedian has stated that he has an addiction problem.
Photo: Fredrik Persson/TT
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In the summers, you have been able to see Öqvist at Gröna lund, where he did stand-up at Gröna Lund Theater, as well as at Fåfängan.
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In addition to his comedy career, Jacob Öqvist has worked on radio for many years. Now he is at Mix Megapol.
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Jacob Öqvist has been an actor since 1995 and a stand-up comedian since 2000.
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Comedian and radio personality Jacob Öqvist was charged with aggravated drunken driving after he was stopped on the E4 with over two thousand alcohol.
Pictures: Press picture/Talarforum, TT
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Jacob Öqvist must also pay SEK 1,000 to the Crime Victims Fund. He has stated in police questioning that he sought help for his addiction problem.
Had to interrupt interrogation
The comedian and radio personality had two blood alcohol levels when the police stopped him. The interrogation had to be interrupted due to intoxication.
In the police’s preliminary investigation, it appears that the police believed that a rear tire on the car was on fire. The tire was torn to shreds and when Jacob Öqvist continued to drive at high speed, sparks formed so that it looked like it was on fire – half the rim was worn away.
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When Jacob Öqvist blew into the breathalyzer, he had 1.04 milligrams per liter in his blood – that corresponds to approximately 2 parts per thousand.
The limit for serious drunken driving is 0.50 milligrams per liter, so the comedian was well over the limit.
– I thought I had a puncture and was going to stop at a pub to buy foam that you can have to fix the tire with. It felt like a “piss off” and it was heavy traffic and dark so I didn’t dare stop on the highway, said Jacob Öqvist in the first interrogation with the police, according to Aftonbladet.
After a while, the police were forced to stop the interview with the radio profiler as he was simply too drunk.
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In a second interrogation, Jacob Öqvist admitted the suspected crime. He claims that he drank two bottles of wine the night before but that he felt fit to drive the car.
Seen in several TV shows
Over the years, Jakob Öqvist has appeared in several comedy programs on TV. In autumn 2004, he was in “Sen väll med Luuk” and has also been an actor in the TV programs “Hem till Midgård”, “Spung”, “Bank Fur alle!” and “Nicke and Nilla”.
In addition, he has played theater and been a radio host in “Vakna med The Voice”, and in the channel Rockklassiker where he together with Jonas Nilsson and Little mother bakes participated in the program “Morronrock”, which broadcast every weekday morning.
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Nowadays he is back at Mix Megapol where he takes part in “Gry Forssell with friends”.
Stoppa Pressarna has applied for Jacob Öqvist.
