Jens Lehmann: He has to go back to court in the fall

The chainsaw trial surrounding ex-national goalkeeper Jens Lehmann (54) is entering the next round. The 54-year-old will have to go back to court in the fall. The Munich II Regional Court has therefore scheduled the case to be heard again in the appeal process for next September. The newspaper quotes a court spokeswoman as saying that four days of the main hearing have been scheduled.

Huge fine for Jens Lehmann

In December 2023, Lehmann was sentenced in the first instance before the Starnberg district court to a fine of 420,000 euros (210 daily rates of 2,000 euros) for property damage, insult and attempted fraud.

The trial involved, among other things, a neighborhood dispute that had reached bizarre proportions. Lehmann is said to have sawed the roof beams in his neighbor’s garage with a chainsaw. Shortly before, the power supply to the surveillance camera had also been cut off – but it continued to run on battery power and was recording Lehmann.

The ex-athlete admitted to entering the garage with the chainsaw, but nothing more. According to the public prosecutor, Lehmann simply wanted to get one over on his neighbor. The former national goalkeeper was also accused of insulting two police officers and bruising a parking fee.

Both parties appealed

Neither Lehmann nor the public prosecutor were satisfied with the verdict and each filed an appeal. The public prosecutor’s office had demanded a suspended prison sentence of ten months and three months’ salary for Lehmann. Lehmann’s lawyer had called for an acquittal on charges of property damage and fraud and considered a fine of 50 daily rates of less than 500 euros each to be appropriate for insulting the police.