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“Megapark” disco and beer garden on the promenade in Palma
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The incident occurred in 2019, and the two defendants had already spent a year in custody.
Now two Germans do not have to go to prison again for a brutal attack on a bouncer from Senegal.
A court in Palma sentenced the two defendants to two years' probation and payment of compensation for pain and suffering totaling 150,000 euros.
The prosecutor and the defense had agreed on the sentence before the start of the trial, the judge said at the hearing in the island's capital, Palma.
The prosecution moved away from their demand that the Germans be sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment each for the racially motivated attack.
In return, the convicts accepted the payment of higher compensation for pain and suffering.
The prosecution had asked for around 115,000 euros.
The probation period was set for five years.
During this period, the two young men from the Leipzig area are not allowed to enter Mallorca.
Bouncer suffered serious injuries and is unable to work
The vacationers had beaten the doorman in the "Megapark" on the promenade of Palma in June 2019 and insulted him racially.
The club is a mixture of beer garden and open-air disco.
The perpetrators traveled to the island with a group of hooligans.
During a concert, a friend climbed onto the stage and was asked by the doorman to leave.
The two convicts then attacked the Senegalese, beat and kicked the man lying on the ground and cursed him.
The victim sustained serious injuries to the spine.
Since then, he has not been able to go about his work because of a left-sided paralysis.
The judge ordered the convicts not to approach or contact the man for ten years.
Police found right-wing symbols on cell phones
During the arrest, the police found right-wing extremist symbols on the Germans' cell phones.
The people of Leipzig were held in custody for a year and three days, after which they were allowed to return to their homeland.
At the court hearing on Monday, they were switched on via video from Germany.
A translator asked if they agreed to the deal and read out the terms.
The men agreed.
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