Police on Monday strong in numbers present at the Court in Odense. Wearing bulletproof vests, controls the forces of law and visitors to a case, in which a total of 15 persons accused of violence against a 26-year-old man.
It writes the New York times.
the Incident took place 1. October 2017, where the victim was beaten with clubs and hit by several shots. Half of the 15 defendants have related to the German rockergruppe Gremiums department at Bogense.
But three of the accused had not turned up in court.
– Three defendants failed to appear at the retsmødets start. It is not lawful no-shows, said the president.
After a short break, the court decided to continue the case without the three defendants, which, according to the prosecutor, in turn, will be tried under arrest. The victim in the case is also indicted for being in possession of a oversavet shotgun. He is serving in advance a penalty of three years ‘ unconditional imprisonment for the possession of weapons.
It is far from every day that there is a case against 15 defendants at the same time. And it is a part of the explanation as to why the case first comes to court a year and a half after the brutal assault.
It had been difficult to get space for all the defendants, each with their defending. But it has also been difficult to get together the defenders, together with judges, jurors and Prosecutors.
Therefore, it was most of last week used to build a court room on to the apartment. At the same time has the district Court been allowed to borrow the Eastern high court court in Tinghusgade, so there is space for all involved. The number of tilhørerpladser to the trial has also been limited for the same reason.
