“Two Cider Drinkers Charged with Theft and Assault After Beer Mat Incident in Frankfurt”

Frankfurt am Main
Two cider drinkers charged after beer mat theft

The alleged theft of 13 beer mats and five mustard bags has far-reaching consequences for two cider drinkers. The public prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt has now brought charges against the 28 and 42-year-old guests of a cider bar in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen – for theft and cheating and also for assaulting law enforcement officers, resistance and insult. This was announced by a spokeswoman for the investigative authority on Friday.

The two men are said to have left the bar in November last year after consuming five pints with the beer mats and mustard bags without paying. According to the investigators, after they had also behaved conspicuously in a tram, the driver alerted the police. The subsequent identity check is said to have been accompanied by kicks and punches as well as verbal abuse from the drunk men. The younger one was finally measured almost four parts per thousand alcohol in the blood.

According to the public prosecutor’s office, a date for the trial before the district court in Frankfurt has not yet been set.

dpa