General criminal law
Acquittal at the Hamburg-Harburg District Court
Acquittal of the charge of dangerous bodily harm
Our client was accused of having struck his neighbour on the back of the head with a tool in the course of an escalating neighbourhood dispute. He was therefore charged with completed dangerous bodily harm under sects. 223 (1), 224 (1) no. 2 StGB (German Criminal Code).
In fact it is now the supposedly injured witness who has to answer for the same charge before the criminal judge, while our client was rightly acquitted.
Now that these burdensome proceedings have ended, our client can at last apply for an extension of his work visa and continue to pursue his academic goals without difficulty.
Provisions: § 223 Abs. 1 StGB · § 224 Abs. 1 Nr. 2 StGB
The proceedings described here have been concluded. The outcome of any case always depends on its individual circumstances.