Overview

• On August 11, Amtsgericht Tiergarten acquitted the unnamed 70-year-old of possession and attempted transfer of narcotics in non-negligible amount due to insufficient evidence of intent
• Prison staff discovered about 17 grams of methamphetamine hidden in the sole of a shoe inside a laundry bag delivered for a remand inmate in early September 2024
• The defendant testified that an acquaintance of the inmate asked him to deliver the laundry and that he neither inspected the bag nor expected it to contain drugs
• Prosecutors deemed his account implausible and sought a one-year-four-month suspended sentence, while the defense argued he had no knowledge of the concealed narcotics
• The verdict is not yet legally binding, allowing the prosecution to appeal to a higher court for further review