Four Schwyzer police officers to take a man hard and that abuse of power, deprivation of freedom and kidnapping have been found guilty. Of the debt of the state is not even a lawyer, convinced that He is calling for an acquittal.

in 2012, the four accused Canton police officers took the man who had not settled a debt of 66 Swiss francs, in order to bring him to the betreibungsamt. The police officers handcuffed the debtor with handcuffs, a parkiertes car was damaged.

The man was taken to hospital, where they tied him to the bed. He was accommodated for three days welfare. However, it was not a danger to Themselves or others established.

The proceedings against the police officers had repeatedly been set. In 2017, the Federal court gave the alleged victim, which occurred at the criminal process from the Assembly as a private plaintiff, but partially right. Schwyzer Prosecutor’s office took up the case again, now under a new process line, and brought him before the court.

Significant doubt as to guilt

in Front of the criminal court of the Prosecutor requested, but an acquittal for the police officers. There is considerable doubt as to their guilt, he said.

That he had collected, however, an indictment, to justify the state’s attorney is that mangle is also about the innocence of clarity. In such a case, the court had to decide.

The state attorney considered the four police officers to be more credible than the private plaintiffs. The police officers had expressed unanimously, of the private plaintiff is contradictory. There is considerable doubt as to its statements, said the Prosecutor. He relied on witnesses who had observed the police action.

The handcuffing and the arrest had been fairly moderate, said the Prosecutor. The handcuffs were necessary for security reasons, because a foreign – and self-harm could not be excluded. Further, he said, the frustrations of the private plaintiff, based on his own behavior.

It “räbelte”

The private plaintiff, representing himself, spoke in front of the criminal court in detail to the incident. It was unexplainable, what had happened that day. The police officers were “aggressive,” that he had experienced “shock – and stress-moments”. It “räbelte”, as they had secured him with the handcuffs. He had a high heart beat and his life agonising. The incident nage by the “soul injury” today his health.

On a question the Chairman of the court, the man denied that he will want to escape from the police. He didn’t put up a fight against the bondage. He, too, could not imagine that he could have acted as a dangerous. The private plaintiff, however, is convicted of obstruction of an official act. He had no trouble with state authorities, he said in reply to a question by the court.

In his plea to the private plaintiffs criticized the conduct of the prosecution. These have delayed the process to “inefficiency” and was always trying to trivialize the “police assault”.

police officers had the man get

another representation of the events of the four police officers made. You said you had created to the man in the Parking lot with the handcuffs, because the Situation was threatening.

A 42-year-old policeman, the then head of operations, said that the private plaintiff had been asked by the police initially in writing, the debt collection office visit. He had then explained via email that he was going in for sure volunteer, but that you had to get him.

you are to go fourth, because you would not have known that the man was simply, said a 67-year-old, today a retired police officer. You don’t have, however, been aggressive and would have nothing to reproach.

A 41-year-old policeman from, the private plaintiff by his apartment on the terrace, and from there to the car ran ran said. A 38-year-old police officer said the Refugees had increased on the loading surface of the vehicle, where there had been tools. He was very aggressive and uncooperative. (aru/sda)

Created: 09.12.2019, 19:44 PM