Jens Lehmann: Judic criminal order for drunk driving

Because of the presumably too much alcohol at the wheel during the Oktoberfest, the Munich District Court issued a criminal order against ex-national goalkeeper Jens Lehmann. The public prosecutor’s office in Munich I applied for a fine of 80 daily rates for negligent drunkenness in traffic, the investigative authority said. The penalty order stipulates that Lehmann would have to give his driver’s license and only get a driver’s license again after a certain period of time.

The ex-national goalkeeper had spoken of an “mistake” a few months after the alleged drunk trip. “It was really not a good thing from me. I regret that too, but I misjudged myself,” said Lehmann at the news channel World TV. He drove “two hours after the event” and had 0.7 per thousand.

“You get your driver’s license with it for four weeks,” said Lehmann. However, he defended himself against representations that he should have been “totally drunk”. This was “not the case at all”. After the criminal order has been commanding, Lehmann’s lawyer did not initially comment on request.

However, Lehmann can still object to the penalty order after delivery. In this case there would be a process. The presumption of innocence applies until a final conviction.

The ex-soccer goalkeeper was also legally sentenced to finance for property damage with a chainsaw on a neighboring property. Therefore, the court with the punitive order had formed an overall money penalty of more than 90 daily rates, the public prosecutor said. A spokeswoman for the investigative authority did not want to give the exact number and the amount of the daily rates.