Brutal blows: man in Füssen convicted of over 1.5 years in prison

Brutal blows: man in Füssen convicted of over 1.5 years in prison

In an incredible case of assault, a 36-year-old had to answer at the Kaufbeuren district court. As Merkur , the man was convicted of one year and six months that due to earlier traffic offenses has been raised for a year and ten months. The brutal argument took place in Füssen in September 2022 after the defendant was traveling with a friend and the whole thing went out of hand.

The incident occurred during a car ride that culminated in a public dispute. In fact, there was already confusion at a first court date, since the injured party and a decisive witness had not appeared. At a second trial, however, another witness appeared, whose statements contradicted the accused. While this spoke of "one to three blows with the flat hand", the new witness reported "three punches" with considerable strength, which the judge praised the judgment that the accused's approach should be classified as "brutal".

from petrol station to court

The events in Füssen are not the only incident that heated the minds. Another 36-year-old was also confronted with intentional bodily harm at the Kaufbeuren district court. This incident occurred in the night of June 5, 2023 at a gas station on Sudetenstrasse, such as Kreisbote reported. Here a 35-year-old behaved aggressively, insulted other people present and rioted, which finally caused the accused to intervene.

The witness reports were also contradictory in this case. While some information that the accused hit the victim with a kick on the head, others said that the victim was affected by the stumbling. A witness was only at times certain that the victim was actually injured, but later put her statement into perspective. Despite these ambiguities, the court decided that a violent meeting had taken place and sentenced the defendant to a fine of 60 daily rates because he had supposedly only acted in affect.

bodily harm in context

The incidents mentioned fit into a disturbing trend. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, the cases of dangerous and serious assault in Germany have increased in recent years. A new statistics show how high these numbers are and where the focus of violence crimes is. Statista publishes this lovingly collected data and gives a comprehensive overview of the development in the period from 2014 to 2024.

Citizens in Bavaria and especially in Kaufbeuren can only hope that such brutal clashes will become less common in the future. In view of the latest incidents, it is important that both the law enforcement authorities and society themselves think about the sensitive use of conflicts in everyday life.