E-scooters are becoming more and more popular as means of transport in the cities. At the same time you can read almost daily about trouble with E-Scooters. Many users of e-scooters un-derestimate the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol.
When it comes to alcohol, there are no limits that apply to cyclists, but the same standards that apply to motorists.
The Federal Supreme Court has largely rejected Lars and Meike Schlecker’s appeal as unfounded. The two children of the entrepreneur Anton Schlecker are sentenced to imprisonment.
Two defendants – a former married couple – were sentenced to suspended prison terms by the Augsburg District Court for embezzlement of donations amounting to approximately 130,000.00 euros. The accused are said to have used the donations for their own luxury lives.
On 03.03.2009 the Cologne City Archive collapsed as part of construction work for a subway stop. Two young people died in this accident on 03.03.2009. The property damage caused by the accident is worth billions. After a construction supervisor of the Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe had already been sentenced for negligent killing in a first trial, a senior site manager has now been sentenced to a suspended sentence for negligent killing.
The “Reichsbürger (Reich citizen) of Georgensgmünd” had been convicted of murder by the Nuremberg Regional Court. The Federal Supreme Court confirmed the conviction for murder. When his apartment was to be searched by police officers, he shot at the policemen through the door. A police officer died of his life-threatening injuries.
The Federal Supreme Court has found contradictions in the judgment against the former German secret agent Werner Mauss because of the accusation of tax evasion. The Federal Supreme Court overturned the ruling and referred the case back to another criminal division of the Bochum Regional Court for a new hearing.
The Wuppertal Regional Court has rejected the opening of main proceedings against six defendants on charges of tax evasion. At the same time, the existing arrest warrants against the defendants were lifted.
A former employee of the Swiss bank UBS is accused of extensive bank data theft. He is accused of industrial espionage, violation of banking and business secrets and money laundering. The case has been pending before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court since the beginning of this week.
