The taking of evidence in the trial against the former Mayor of Oppenheim, Marcus Held, continues to be difficult.
Four days of negotiations are scheduled for November.
Mainz - Half a year after the start of the trial against the former Mayor of Oppenheim, Marcus Held (SPD), the Mainz Regional Court continues to seek clarification on the charges of infidelity and corruption in connection with numerous real estate transactions.
A former SPD city council member, the former secretary in the tax advisory office of co-defendant F. and two notary specialists were questioned as witnesses on Tuesday.
The taking of evidence was again made more difficult by gaps in the memory of witnesses.
“No idea” or “I really can't remember” - a former secretary in the tax advisory office of co-defendant F. was unable to answer several questions from the presiding judge Wolfgang Eckert about events in 2014.
A former city councilor also had to pass questions about urgent decisions or ancillary costs of property purchases.
In 2018 she resigned her mandate - "We had bad times, we were insulted".
During home visits by the party, for example to distribute Easter eggs, they learned that there was a particular urgency in the purchase of land to develop a new building area - so that no other buyers could come into play.
"It was said that we have an old Oppenheim man by our side who would help us," said the witness.
It was probably the co-defendant, as the presiding judge determined.
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The process involves brokerage fees for the purchase of land in Oppenheim with a total amount of around 200,000 euros.
In return, the co-defendants are said to have transferred donations to the SPD local association of over 24,600 euros.
The proceedings against the previous co-defendant and wife of the tax advisor were discontinued because she was only nominally involved in the real estate business as managing director.
Four days of negotiations are still scheduled for November.
When the 1st criminal chamber of the regional court can come to a judgment is still open.
dpa
