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The soccer goalkeeper Marius Gersbeck from the German second division club Hertha BSC has to answer in court in Salzburg on September 28 for serious bodily harm. The 28-year-old is said to have gotten into an argument with a local on the sidelines of his club’s training camp on July 16 in Zell am See (Pingzau). The initially verbal argument escalated, and Gersbeck is said to have injured his opponent with punches and kicks.
Victim (22) seriously injured in the eye
As the Salzburg public prosecutor informed on Monday, Gersbeck is said to have caused serious bodily harm to the victim, albeit only negligently. The 22-year-old from Salzburg suffered a fracture of the floor of the eye socket, a fracture of the wall of the maxillary sinus and an eyelid hematoma. If Gersbeck is found guilty, he faces six months to five years in prison under Article 84 Paragraph 4 of the Austrian Criminal Code.
On the road with Ultras
Before the incident, the goalkeeper had apparently been out and about with fans from the Ultra scene in the Zell am See city area. He was suspended from his club’s team training after the incident. Not only because of the police investigation, but also because he had left the team hotel without permission, as Hertha managing director Thomas Herrich informed in a club statement at the time.
Source: Nachrichten
