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Defendant Frank Hanebuth in the district court of Hanover: intimidation and demonstration of power
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The district court in Hanover has imposed four-digit fines on the ex-Hells Angels boss Frank Hanebuth and four other men in the appeal process.
The process involved the attack on a workshop owner.
The verdict was due to dangerous bodily harm in a less serious case or as an aid to it, as judge Karin Goldmann said.
It was important to the men to "massively intimidate" their victim, it was a "demonstration of power".
The background to the decision are videos of the crime.
According to the indictment, the convicts belong to the Hells Angels rock group.
The court fined a 48-year-old man who hit the victim €3,600.
Hanebuth has to pay 4,800 euros
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according to the “Bild” newspaper, 80 daily rates of 60 euros each.
In his case, a final conviction for violating the Weapons Act was added.
The remaining men between the ages of 37 and 49 have to pay fines of between 1800 and 4500 euros.
The prosecutor had demanded suspended sentences for three men and fines for the other two, including Hanebuth.
The defense attorneys demanded acquittals, their clients had shown no willingness to use violence except for the 48-year-old.
According to the court, Hanebuth was involved with the other men when the mechanic was hit.
The convicts appeared accordingly in April 2018 at the workshop owner.
It is said to have been about a dispute about money, but the victim also spoke of a "conflict" because of his ex-partner.
However, the man largely refused to testify.
Goldmann explained that the victim had no interest in prosecuting the crime - "for whatever reason".
In the first instance, the district court in Hanover also imposed four-digit fines in August 2020.
At Hanebuth it was 4000 euros at the time.
The renewed conviction to fines is not about "making an example of any group," emphasized Goldmann.
The defense attorneys announced that they wanted to "let the verdict sink in" for the time being.
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