As a police officer, he should be able to make clear statements. But in the dock of the regional court in Würzburg, the 43-year-old’s explanations often remain vague or tear off in the middle of a sentence. And with a shrug of the shoulders and waving his arm, he obviously wants to signal that he doesn’t know exactly how he got into this mess.
In the second instance, the defendant is hoping for an acquittal or at least a reduction in the three years and three months imprisonment to which he was sentenced last year. The relatives of his landlord, whom he had deceived, are hoping for a prison sentence: You assume that? like the Würzburg district court in November 2020 ?? that the official from the district of Würzburg only pretended to be caring to deprive his terminally ill landlord of the property.
In court, the 43-year-old evades specific questions, gives lengthy explanations instead of answers. But the chairman Konrad Döpfner asks, bores provocatively. He wants to know exactly what happened in the household of the landlord, who trusted his tenant more than his wife. She had only received small sums over and over again via the police officer, apparently so that she could not send large amounts to her relatives in the Philippines. could.
Tenants could control their finances in an uncontrolled manner
This is just one of the bizarre facts in the appeal proceedings against the police officer who has been suspended from his service in the Main-Tauber district. The landlord had been badly affected by his illness and was increasingly unable to take care of his own business during chemotherapy. So he let his tenant take control: apparently five-digit amounts were shifted without any control or withdrawn with account authorization, blank receipts were signed that did not contain an exact amount – and attempts were made to defraud the tax office.
Defense attorney Nikolaus Gwosdek now admitted in the proceedings that his client had not supported the seriously ill landlord completely selflessly. After intensive consultation with his two defense lawyers, the policeman confessed that he wanted to “participate” in the assets. However, he did not do so to the extent that he was charged with in the first instance. At least he explained the 42,000 euros that had been found in his locker during the investigation and that came from his landlord.
Drug discovery explained with addiction problem
He justified the fact that drugs had been found in him with an addiction problem that he had had since his time with a task force. However, the defendant sticks to the statement that he took care of the helpless landlord intensively and reduced his working hours by 50 percent. He had officially told his colleagues that he had to look after his sick mother.
The landlord has since died. From him the defendant had received freedom from rent for life and even a right of first refusal to his house for the alleged welfare. “In truth, it was about him, as planned, to snatch all of his assets under the nail, while the victim was getting worse and worse,” it said in 2018 from investigators.
Two more days of trial in the appeal are showing at the end of the month. Then colleagues of the police officer should report on the results of their investigations.
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