Public prosecutor's office - Action against judgment due to false mask certificates
Following the conviction of a doctor for false mask certificates and a suspended sentence, the public prosecutor's office does not want to accept the verdict. The prosecution has lodged an appeal, reported Thomas Kirschner, spokesman for the Landsberg district court, on Friday. Whether the defense will also file an appeal was initially unclear. The deadline for appealing against the verdict had not yet expired.
The 60-year-old doctor is accused of issuing a series of mask exemption certificates during the corona period without having examined the patients. Two practice employees are said to have filled out the blank certificates issued by the doctor practising in Kaufering in Upper Bavaria and forwarded them to recipients throughout Germany. The doctor became known throughout Germany during the pandemic due to his negative attitude towards government regulations.
He was ultimately sentenced to one year and nine months in prison in Landsberg am Lech at first instance for issuing incorrect health certificates in 112 cases. The sentence was suspended on probation.
The public prosecutor's office had demanded a three-year prison sentence for the man. Investigators assume that he distributed mask releases on a much larger scale. The public prosecutor's office assumes a total of more than 4,000 false certificates, but only listed some of them in the indictment. The defense lawyer, on the other hand, had demanded an acquittal for the accused, but at most a suspended sentence.
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- The alleged criminality surrounding the issuance of mask exemption certificates during the Covid-19 pandemic sparked concern in Bavaria, as a 60-year-old doctor from Kaufering in Upper Bavaria was involved.
- The accused doctor's legal remedies include lodging an appeal against the judgment, which was not definitively decided upon, as the deadline for doing so had not elapsed.
- The judge at Landsberg am Lech court handed down a sentence of one year and nine months in prison, suspended on probation, following the doctor's conviction for providing incorrect health certificates in over 100 cases.
- The public prosecutor's office in Germany argued for a more severe sentence, demanding a three-year prison term, as they suspected the doctor of having issued many more false certificates than those listed in the indictment.
- The Coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of adhering to health regulations, but this doctor's actions to bypass such regulations led to the issuance of over 4,000 false certificates, as alleged by the public prosecutor's office.
- As the legal processes for this case progress, the broader public in Germany continues to take note of the events in Landsberg, reflecting the public's interest in the ongoing criminality surrounding health safety regulations during the pandemic.
Source: www.stern.de
