MSP officials smuggled ham and coffee into prison

The fact that an official working in the correctional facility (JVA) in Wrzburg went out of jail for an inmate, then brought him the things he had acquired into custody and received money for it, brought the accusation for bribery. However, the man from the Main-Spessart district had not smuggled highly dangerous goods into the detention center, but ham, salami, instant coffee and tobacco totaling around 40 euros.

The prisoner’s wife reportedly sent money to the words by post after receiving 150 or 200 euros. At the end of the trial, the prison official confessed to the crime. The Wrzburg District Court then sentenced him to a fine of 90 daily sentences of 90 euros each.

4000 euros behind a picture

The case had come to light in the context of police investigations in the so-called cell phone scandal. During his legal review, another JVA official was sentenced to four and a half years in prison in autumn 2019 because he had sent numerous prisoners for cell phones for money.

As part of the investigation, the police also found the now accused JVA officer and carried out a house search. However, this did not produce any results that linked the defendant to the cell phone scandal.

The prisoner at the time, who had received the Black Forest ham, the salami, the coffee and the tobacco, assured that the prison staff had given him things “out of benevolence”. “He always treated us with respect,” said the man who was transferred from pre-trial to prison at the time of the crime, about his guard.

The prisoner at the time reported that he had spoken to the official about the fact that it was difficult to go shopping in the institution at the beginning of the sentence. The official had taken care of the above and left his address, and the prisoner’s wife sent banknotes to the word. The process participants could not really remember whether this was 150 or 200 euros. There was no agreement on the amount, the then prisoner said on the witness stand.

Heavily burdened by investigation

The accused and later convicted official was not suspended and is still working in the prison. The defense sent the court a letter from a supervisor, certifying the defendant to be a valuable and reliable employee. The defense lawyers repeatedly emphasized that the crime in July 2018 was an isolated incident. The defendant hardly spoke, but let it be known that the investigation had a heavy impact on him. “I totally retired,” the 49-year-old reported that he hardly maintains any social contacts.

After all, some of the statements also convinced the public prosecutor and the single judge. The latter said in her reasoning for the accused: “Your motivation to act is not to be seen in greed.” The prosecutor had previously spoken of a “minor case” in his ploy. This is important because otherwise the law provides for a minimum sentence of six months in prison. This would have resulted in a release from the civil service. With the fine, a disciplinary procedure awaits the civil servant, in which his professional future is decided.

The judgment is not yet final.

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• Wrzburg

• Uli Sommerkorn

• Wrzburg District Court

• District courts

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• Officer

• Prisoners

• Prisons

• Fines

• Correctional facility Wrzburg

• Correctional facilities

• police

• Public prosecutor

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