Review for Waldbröler: Christmas dispute ends without prison sentence!

Review for Waldbröler: Christmas dispute ends without prison sentence!

In the case of an alleged knife attack in Waldbröl, the 53-year-old defendant was acquitted on Wednesday by the district court. The defender made it clear in the plea: "What happened? - Nothing except Christmas". The defendant had been accused of injuring a roommate of the shared accommodation with a knife on Christmas Eve, which, however, turned out to be plausible.

The incident that is said to have occurred on noon December 24 of last year was classified by the public prosecutor as a dangerous bodily harm. During the negotiation, the accused expressed that he only owned a small kitchen knife to use sausage. He also stated that he had eaten in the dining room at the time of the crime. When asked whether he had communicated with the injured party, he told a strange phone call by a social worker in which the other man threatened him: "What do you prefer? Punch or 300 euros?". The accused then simply put on.

The background of the incident

The accused said that a disturbance of disturbance took place on the night before Christmas Eve. A roommate had kicked his door and wanted to spend the night with him. According to the accused, he had a lot of alcoholized - he had consumed two bottles of vodka - lost his room key. In fact, the police officer, who testified in court, visited the accused and noticed that he was very surprised at her appearance. A knife was not found, and the suspected victim's injuries pointed out that they were not fresh. "That could have happened in a thorny bushes," she said.

Another roommate confirmed that he had memory problems due to drug replacement therapy and could not remember the day of the crime. However, he ruled out that the defendant would have been able to get into the room's room due to his physical condition, which further questioned the credibility of the allegations.

The judge, Laura Lax, followed the applications of the public prosecutor and defense for acquittal, especially since the injured party himself had not appeared in court. This judgment raises questions about the evidence and the circumstances of the case that could only be partially clarified. The renewed discussion about the incident cannot be ruled out, especially because the course of the investigation and the statements of the room involved leave for speculation.

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