Overview
- Both the Coburg prosecutor’s office and the officer’s counsel filed appeals against the Alzenau district court judgment, sending the case to the Aschaffenburg regional court for review.
- The officer was found guilty of obstruction of justice in office for not opening an inquiry into an alleged August 2024 attack on his partner in Alzenau and received a suspended custodial sentence plus a €3,000 payment to a charity.
- The Alzenau judge said the officer acted out of laziness and indifference despite clear indications of a crime at the scene.
- In a separate, final ruling, the regional court determined that the August incident amounted to dangerous bodily harm, resolving prior doubts that had been raised in the officer’s trial.
- The same man later killed two people in a January park stabbing in Aschaffenburg and was judged not criminally responsible, leading to his placement in a forensic psychiatric facility.