Scandal in Giesing: Did the owner pay a construction worker to demolish the watchmaker's house?
"Scapegoat"
Created: 2022-05-02 21:53
By: Andreas Thieme
Cüneyt C. (51) is said to have demolished the watchmaker's house on behalf of buyer Andreas S. (44, right) © SIGI JANTZ
Breakdown or perfidious plan?
That is the big question about the demolition of the Giesinger Uhrmacherhäusl.
Since yesterday, the owner Andreas S. (44) has been on trial for allegedly having commissioned a contractor who was also accused of tearing down the walls.
Both face imprisonment.
Munich – His grin has gone!
Because now things are getting really serious for Andreas S. (44): He has been on trial in front of the district court since yesterday.
The public prosecutor's office accuses the owner of the Uhrmacherhäusl of coercion: He is said to have commissioned a building contractor to intentionally destroy the listed house with an excavator in 2017 so that it can then be demolished.
According to the indictment, "this should create the impression for third parties that the construction process was an accident." It is an incident that even makes Mayor Dieter Reiter angry - he repeatedly accused Andreas S. of greed for profit and spoke in favor of rebuilding the watchmaker's house the Feldmüller settlement.
The Bavarian Administrative Court also ordered this last year, but there is still a gaping gap in Obere Grasstraße.
The fact is: So far, the illegal demolition has hardly had any consequences.
Only 57 months and one day later did the criminal proceedings begin.
Andreas S. face up to three years in prison for coercion!
But he denies the allegations of the prosecution.
S. now announced through his lawyers Maximilian Müller and Florian Opper: "There was no order for demolition." The defenders complained that Andreas S. was being made "a scapegoat" for gentrification in Munich.
However, the accused was “not a real estate shark, but acquired the watchmaker’s house in order to move in himself after the renovation.”
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Munich: Excavator drivers illegally demolished the watchmaker's house in September 2017
The demolition was "an accident", claims Andreas S. He bought the Giesinger property in early summer 2016 for 650,000 euros.
He then commissioned the accused building contractor Cüneyt C. (51) to renovate the house, which the city also approved at the end of July 2017.
"It was a lucrative job," said C., whose company was in crisis - Andreas S paid 1,250 euros per square meter. But there was chaos during the course of the renovation.
The demolition of the watchmaker's house caused a lot of trouble.
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Munich: demolition of the Giesinger watchmaker's house
Because the construction company had orders in Stuttgart and Munich at the same time, Cüneyt C.'s wife instructed the construction workers, "but there were language problems," C describes fled when residents called the police.
The next day, Cüneyt C. completely flattened the house.
And says afterwards: "It was a mistake that I'm very sorry for."
He suffered from psychological problems in 2017 and, according to S., was responsible for the demolition "all alone".
Yesterday, however, it also came out how the owner disgusted the tenants: first the water and electricity were turned off, then the bricks were moved, so that it rained inside.
The house became uninhabitable, later demolished.
plan or failure?
The verdict is expected in July.
