The process caused a stir in the highest circles of police and politics. Now there is an acquittal. But for the country’s highest-ranking police officer, that’s not the end of it.
The inspector of the police in Baden-Württemberg has been acquitted in the process of sexually assaulting a commissioner. That was decided by the district court of Stuttgart on Friday. The country’s highest-ranking police officer had been accused of urging a much younger commissioner to do sexual favors in front of a Stuttgart pub.
This ends, at least for the time being, a procedure that had caused a stir in the highest circles of police and state politics. It was about alleged abuse of power by the police, possible career advantages and a pub night in November 2021. The complainant had accused the top official of urging her to touch his penis in front of the restaurant. At the time, she wanted a career in the higher service and he had promised to help her advance.
The public prosecutor had demanded a suspended sentence of one year and three months and a fine of 16,000 euros for sexual assault. Now the inspector who has been released from duty is still facing disciplinary proceedings.
Source: Stern
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