Against the former chief Prosecutor of Appenzell Innerrhoden Herbert Brogli’s indictment have been arrested charged. Brogli had led to the fatal accident of an apprentice in the year 2010, the investigation is too slow, so that the case is time-barred.

The district court of Appenzell, it is that the case against three people accused of manslaughter in September 2017, as it says in a statement of Innerrhoden Prosecutor’s office on Tuesday.

The accident in which a 17-year-old apprentice in his teaching in Appenzell lift in a pinched and was mortally wounded, remained criminally unknown. It is the negotiation never came to a court, because the case is Statute-barred before.

After fierce public criticism, the Innerrhoden state Commission (government) responded and ordered an external investigation. The charge of Zug councillor Hanspeter Uster came in 2018 in its report on the conclusion of the case, leading the state’s attorney has not performed the criminal investigation, with the necessary determination, planning and prudence.

of justice under enhanced supervision

The state Commission Herbert Brogli set free immediately. This announced, in turn, his position as Senior Prosecutor at the end of January 2019. As a further consequence of the case, the Commission announced to strengthen the supervision of the cantonal judiciary.

the prosecution of justice failure in an extraordinary state has been entrusted to a lawyer. This has raised after the completion of his studies this week to the district court with an indictment against Brogli due to multiple-favoured-nation treatment, as the Prosecutor’s office writes.

The indictment calls for the former chief Prosecutor for a conditional sentence of imprisonment of nine months. When the court hearing can be held, is still open. Brogli had a reason for the delay of the criminal investigation with a high work load of the Prosecutor’s office. (sda)

Created: 12.11.2019, 14:59 PM