S-Bahn station - Assault after tip-off about smoking ban: defendant confesses
After a brutal attack on a man at an S-Bahn station in Altglienicke, a 41-year-old man is on trial in Berlin's district court. The accused and an accomplice allegedly punched, kicked and robbed a passenger who had pointed out the smoking ban on the train. According to the indictment, the attackers then tried to push the 36-year-old over a bridge railing. At the start of the trial on Thursday, the 41-year-old admitted his involvement in the crime in February 2020. He regrets his behavior, the defendant said.
The public prosecutor's office is assuming dangerous bodily harm and particularly serious robbery. The 36-year-old was on his way to work in the early morning when he asked the accused and his companion not to smoke on the train. When he got off the train, the duo followed him. The man was massively attacked on the platform. The perpetrators followed him to a pedestrian bridge, hitting him, took 30 euros from his pocket and then tried to push the man over the railing onto the tracks seven meters below.
The 36-year-old was the first witness at the trial to describe how the two men had suddenly attacked him on the platform. They had seemed "amused". When he was standing with his back to the railing and one of the attackers tried to grab his legs, he managed to wriggle out of his jacket and flee. However, he is certain: "They wanted to throw me over the railing." He was taken to hospital with serious injuries to his face, a broken finger and hematomas.
The defendant went on to say that he apologized. "I don't know why it escalated," said the 41-year-old. He and his companion had been drunk and had wanted to give the other passenger a "thrashing". They had overreacted. However, he denied that the man was to be thrown over the railing. The trial will continue on December 18.
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- The incident at the Altglienicke S-Bahn station is being handled by the Berlin's public prosecutor's office, as the accusations include dangerous bodily harm and particularly serious robbery.
- The defendant acknowledged his involvement in the February 2020 incident, admitting that he and his accomplice assaulted a passenger who had pointed out a smoking ban on the train, resulting in bodily injury and robbery.
- Despite the defendant's apology, the public prosecutor's office in Berlin is investigating whether they intended to commit a more severe crime, such as attempting to push the victim over a bridge railing, as Smoking ban violations and criminality often escalate in the city.
- The trial for the assault at the Altglienicke S-Bahn station, which included a smoking ban violation and bodily injury, is set to continue on December 18, raising questions about the role of justice in deterring and preventing such incidents in Berlin.
Source: www.stern.de
