“Chainsaw” trial: Lehmann accepts guilty verdict | Aachen newspaper

Former national goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has accepted his guilty verdict in the trial surrounding a bizarre incident involving a chainsaw at Lake Starnberg. He agreed with the public prosecutor and the court to accept his sentence for criminal damage and fraud. The Munich II Regional Court now just has to decide how severe the punishment will be. Witnesses who were supposed to give testimony in the trial are now not being heard. The verdict is expected to be handed down today, court spokesman Laurent Lafleur said.

Lehmann is accused, among other things, of using a chainsaw to saw off roof beams in his neighbor’s garage. On December 22 last year, he was sentenced by the Starnberg district court to a fine of 210 daily rates of 2,000 euros for property damage, insulting a police officer and attempted fraud – a total of 420,000 euros. Lehmann and the public prosecutor, who even called for a suspension of the prison sentence at the first trial, appealed against this.

The sentence range announced by the court after the agreement was 130 to 170 daily rates of 900 euros each. Therefore, Lehmann can expect a much lower fine.