A notorious repeat offender from Werne was caught twice within four months driving without a license and with drugs in his blood. His trial went smoothly.
“I screwed up.” – Without a driver’s license and with intoxicating drugs in his blood, Werner and his scooter ended up in Lünen twice in 2020. The banned trips did not go unnoticed. The 40-year-old is now in court. Eight previous entries, including some of a relevant nature, are already in the criminal record of the man from Werne. That couldn’t stop him – in the literal sense of the word. He followed up.
With his scooter, for which he would have needed a driver’s license, he was out and about in Lünen in mid-August 2020, was stopped and, when it came to the subject of a driver’s license, once again came up empty-handed. From the cannabis and amphetamine residues in not to mention his blood.
A little later the next trip without a driver’s license
But even that experience couldn’t stop the 40-year-old from trying his luck again in early November 2020. Again he drove illegally to Lünen, again he was caught. And this time he had not only consumed amphetamine, but also had a blood alcohol content of more than 1.7.
The two “excursions” brought Werner to the dock in the district court of Lünen. In the process, the notorious repeat offender then surprised not only with remorse and insight, but also with efforts to get his life back under control. “I really screwed up. There’s nothing to sneeze at. It has been so.”
Defendant from Werne shows remorse
In the meantime he has realized that things can’t go on like this – partly because of a serious stroke of fate in the meantime. That’s why he got help from addiction counseling, did therapy and went to aftercare. “I don’t want something like this to happen again,” he emphasized, who was well aware of his eventful past. “I’m sorry it went the way it went. I have now taken action,” he explained, finally admitting again: “I screwed up.”
In the end, the judge was able to appreciate his credible remorse, the passage of time, the therapy and the fact that after the crimes in 2020 apparently no more followed. On the other hand, however, there were numerous previous convictions, some of which were relevant, and the rate of recidivism at the time. The defendant from Werne was given a chance and he was spared a prison sentence.
Rather, he was fined 2,400 euros for willful driving without a license and drunk driving. In addition, the judge ordered a one-year suspension period for the granting of the driver’s license. – by Sylvia Moenning
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