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Two brothers from Waakirchen had to answer before the Miesbach district court.
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A pair of brothers from Waakirchen stood before the district court for shouting Nazi salutes in public.
The judge imposed a fine.
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– “It was a really stupid action,” two brothers (21 and 22 years old) from the Waakirchen community agreed in court.
According to the prosecution, the two had shouted “Sieg Heil” loudly and clearly several times on Schaftlacher Bahnhofstrasse and were therefore now sitting in the dock in the Miesbach district court.
The accusation was based on the use of unconstitutional license plates.
Defendants confess immediately
The trial took place very quickly because the two Waakirchners confessed without hesitation and appeared to be insightful and contrite.
District court director Klaus-Jürgen Schmid asked whether alcohol was involved.
The defendants also openly admitted this.
However, their information went far beyond Schmid's estimated amount.
So it wasn't three or four pints of beer, but "around 15 pints" that each of them had consumed at the time of the crime.
“There is a saying, 'In vino veritas,'” the judge pointed out.
At the same time, he warned that the historical background of the exclamation should also be kept in mind: The Nazi regime not only persecuted people of different origins and skin colors, but also sent its own young men to the front and to their deaths.
Prosecutor praises brothers' remorse
As at the beginning of the trial, the defendants once again expressly distanced themselves from the exclamations.
The representative of the youth court service recommended that the younger defendant be punished according to juvenile criminal law and a fine.
He was 20 years old at the time of the crime.
At that time he suffered from a stressful private and professional situation.
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In his plea, the public prosecutor counted in his favor the fact that he, like his older brother, had admitted the facts without further ado.
Neither of them denied anything or tried to sugarcoat anything, which could also be seen as part of their remorse.
Nevertheless, both perpetrators “loudly bellowed” the forbidden exclamation in public not just once, but several times.
She considered the application of juvenile criminal law to be appropriate for the 21-year-old, who had no previous conviction, due to his mental and moral development at the time of the crime.
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Judge imposes fine - and warns the men
In addition to completing 24 hours of community service, the prosecutor demanded a fine of 300 euros.
In addition, the Waakirchner should bear half of the legal costs, as should his brother, who was already an adult at the time of the crime.
Taking into account a non-relevant previous conviction, she again demanded a fine of 70 daily rates of 50 euros for the 22-year-old.
Finally, the two Waakirchners once again expressed their regret about the “simply stupid” action.
In his judgment, Judge Schmid followed the demands of the public prosecutor's office.
The defendants had credibly stated that they had nothing to do with the sentiments directed against freedom and democracy.
“I hope you drink less in the future so that you don’t end up in this situation again,” he warned the two – also in the interest of their health.