A series of unrelated events dominated the news cycle on Wednesday, including a rail fare evader being fined, a plant-based drink maker losing a legal battle, an Olympian admitting to cheating, a plane making an emergency landing in the ocean, and a tech boss's relationship raising questions.
Charles Brohiri, a 29-year-old who had been homeless for three years, was fined over £3,600 after failing to pay for train tickets on 112 Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) journeys over nearly two years, according to BBC Business. Brohiri pleaded guilty to 76 charges and was convicted in absentia of a further 36 charges. He was also handed a three-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
In other news, Oatly, the plant-based drink maker, lost a long-running legal battle over its use of the word "milk" in its marketing, as reported by BBC Business. The UK Supreme Court ruled that Oatly could neither trademark nor use the phrase "post-milk generation" because, under trademark law, the term "milk" can only be used to refer to products that come from an animal. The dispute was initiated by Dairy UK, the representative body for British dairy farmers.
Meanwhile, Norwegian Olympian Sturla Holm Laegreid confessed to cheating on his girlfriend in a live television interview moments after winning a bronze medal at the Winter Olympics, according to Sky News. Laegreid told fans he "had a gold medal" up until the week prior, but squandered it by being unfaithful.
Also on Wednesday, all 55 people on board a passenger plane were safely evacuated after the aircraft overran the runway and ended up in shallow waters during an emergency landing in Somalia, as reported by Sky News. The Starsky Aviation aircraft had taken off from Mogadishu's international airport and was bound for Gaalkacyo when it developed a technical problem about 15 minutes into its flight. No one was injured in the incident.
Finally, former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt's bond with Gloria-Sophie Burkandt, the daughter of a powerful German politician, has sparked speculation in Germany, according to Euronews. The pair were seen together at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos last month, attending panels on AI policy. Burkandt posted on social media that discussions about "AI and the future of Europe" were taking place.
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