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Doctor issues false mask certificates - now she has to go to prison

2022-08-06T15:54:46.014Z


Doctor issues false mask certificates - now she has to go to prison Created: 06/08/2022 17:49 Apartment search in Bad Kohlgrub: The police approach the doctor. Photo: © mayr A doctor from Bad Kohlgrub was sentenced to prison, a fine and a ban on working. After a seven-hour trial that was anything but ordinary. Garmisch-Partenkirchen/Bad Kohlgrub - A drama in three acts for Dr. Gudrun Ströer me


Doctor issues false mask certificates - now she has to go to prison

Created: 06/08/2022 17:49

Apartment search in Bad Kohlgrub: The police approach the doctor.

Photo: © mayr

A doctor from Bad Kohlgrub was sentenced to prison, a fine and a ban on working.

After a seven-hour trial that was anything but ordinary.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen/Bad Kohlgrub - A drama in three acts for Dr.

Gudrun Ströer met an unfortunate end.

After a seven-hour trial, the doctor from Bad Kohlgrub was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 4,210 euros for issuing incorrect health certificates.

In addition, Andreas Pfisterer ordered an immediate, three-year professional ban against the 70-year-old.

In his verdict, the judge accused her of having issued 309 certificates at the beginning of the corona pandemic to exempt him from the obligation to wear a mask without even examining a patient.

Fake mask certificates: Defendant defies court orders

First act:

Orderly


The start was unusual.

"Where is the defendant?" asked Pfisterer, who had to accept that Ströer was not at all willing to sit in the chair assigned to her.

"I want to stop, I can think better." She is also not a defendant, but "authorized representative as a creditor of the process".

Neither is a legal person.

"I'm extraterritorial, I'm here voluntarily." In addition, she belongs to the "indigenous people of the Germanites".

That was too colorful for the prosecutor.

“How long do you want to continue your Reichsbürger show?” Matthias Enzler snapped in the conference room.

Ströer did not comply with the judge's repeated requests to take a seat.

Pfisterer interrupted the meeting several times and imposed fines of 200 and 500 euros.

The chairman then threatened imprisonment.

But the doctor didn't even think about sitting down.

She described the chairman as a "securities expert" and denied him the legitimacy for the court proceedings and the protocol sovereignty.

Two police officers entered the room.

"You are threatening me now!

With physical torture!” Ströer accused the judge.

He pronounced the order detention, whereupon other officers - including a police officer requested by Ströer - came.

Four of the security forces grabbed the screaming defendant and pushed her out.

Riots ensued.

Spectators - who are said to be close to the lateral thinker and Reichsbürger scene - wanted to prevent the transfer.

Vain.

The additional forces, who had been informed in the meantime, blocked the way through the inner doors and access to the aisle - accompanied by the angry noise of the Ströer supporters.

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Doctor issued acquaintances with mask certificates without examining them first

Act two: Ströer's return


Only after the mood had calmed down and the accused had been taken to the police station's detention cell in Garmisch-Partenkirchen was the public prosecutor able to read out the indictment: The doctor had ignored the infection protection regulations of April 20, 2020 and im Enzler accused her of having issued certificates against wearing a mouth and nose protector to friends and acquaintances.

She did not collect any anamnesis or medical findings, made no diagnoses.

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The basis for the investigations of the public prosecutor's office was the secured data from the searches of the property in Bad Kohlgrub, where Ströer lives with her husband.

In July 2020 and June 2021, numerous officers confiscated several folders and seized e-mails and other data.

Ströer later described the searches as "raids" and "armed robberies".

The accused returned to the courtroom after a while.

Her comeback was celebrated with great applause.

Ströer still didn't want to sit down.

Pfisterer allowed her to stand close to her defense attorney, constantly pacing the room.

The doctor admitted that she only had contact with many patients on the phone or via e-mail.

That explained why a number of the 309 certificates went to recipients in Italy, North Rhine-Westphalia or Schleswig-Holstein.

She didn't ask for money to issue the health certificates, but asked for donations for her "Living in Freedom" educational group.

Other colleagues would not have prescribed any certificates at the time.

"So you provided emergency aid?" Pfisterer asked.

"That's a fact," replied the 70-year-old, who generally considers masks to be harmful to health.

You have adhered to the provisions of the Geneva Oath and the Nuremberg Code of Honor.

Prosecutor's office in the process: "Your certificates have cost lives"

Act three: Certificates on demand


After more testimonies from police officers and a certificate recipient, the memorable trial drew to a close.

The public prosecutor recognized Ströer's statements as a "festival of self-righteousness".

As a corona denier, the accused did not agree with the measures imposed.

"They sent out certificates when asked," Enzler rumbled.

The public prosecutor went a little further: "Your certificates cost lives." But there were loud boos from the audience.

Enzler demanded a prison sentence of two years and six months.

Christian Langhorst, who was Ströer's defense attorney, considered an acquittal to be appropriate.

He saw the accused in the area of ​​tension between medical medicine and the burden on the patients.

In a time of contact restrictions, it was right to get information by phone.

"What happened in court today will make waves," Ströer announced shortly before the verdict - "a lesson in how injustice happens."

Pfisterer accused the accused of using their own sense of justice as a guide.

"I assume that not a single examination of a certificate recipient took place." In addition to a finding, the health certificates lacked findings from the doctor and clear diagnoses, the certificates did not meet the requirements.

The judge considered jail time for the 70-year-old, who had no criminal record, to be appropriate, also because there were a large number of cases and she continued her illegal behavior after the first search.

Ströer announced that it will appeal the verdict

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(akr)

That happened on the fringes of the negotiation

The courtroom in the district court of Garmisch-Partenkirchen was jam-packed during the proceedings against Dr.

Gudrun Ströer.

Several dozen supporters of the doctor were also waiting in front of the main entrance, and they couldn't get a seat.

The security staff had their hands full.

Support for Ströer was advertised on Telegram – with success.

The courtroom was firmly in the hands of the defendants' supporters.

There was thunderous applause for the doctor several times, and even more heckling, which caused dissatisfaction with judge Andreas Pfisterer.

Defender Christian Langhorst and prosecutor Matthias Enzler were repeatedly interrupted.

After the suspect was to be taken into custody and the situation threatened to escalate, the police presence increased significantly.

"Colleagues from other departments and from the riot police were informed," says press spokesman Andreas Breitrück.

Several officials' cars and three minibuses were positioned around the district court.

Gradually the situation calmed down.

In the afternoon, before the verdict was announced, "we reduced our forces again," reported Breitrück.

Even after the end of the proceedings, things remained quiet.

Source: merkur

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