The migrant’s was handed a suspended sentence, and the verdict will not affect his residence status at all. The court ruling noted that he had just enrolled in a German language class.
A regional news outlet, the Schwarzwälder Bote, described the assault when a 21-year-old was eventually charged with battery after an attack in the Kaufland department store in Freudenstadt.
When the migrant was told that it was not permitted to damage store goods, he completely freaked out, according to the original German police press release. He had to answer for his violent attitude on Monday in the District Court of Freudenstadt.
On May 31, this year, the accused, who was residing in Pfalzgrafenweiler at the time, was shopping at Kaufland. He wanted to test a perfume in the drugstore department, and opened the packaging, spraying the perfume several times in the aisle. First, a sales lady notified him that this was not permitted, and then called the store detective. According to the charge, the accused then pushed the store detective against the shelf, kicked him repeatedly, and headbutted him.
The detective was assulted so badly that he had to stay in hospital for two days.
When the hearing opened, the accused stated that he was willing to answer the judge’s questions. But his answers were actually monosyllabic. The accused asserted that he thought the perfume was a sample for testing. He wasn’t able to recall why exactly the argument broke out. He couldn’t recall whether he beat or kicked anyone and which parts of the detective’s body he had aimed for.
The witnesses were soon summoned, as the plaintiff did not have much to say and showed no insight at all into having committed a crime, the regional daily reported.
The first witness said that the accused was “difficult to restrain”. Therefore, the department manager, and the store manager, who had arrived at the scene, finally forced the 21-year-old outside through the emergency exit.
Other witnesses include two female employees of Kaufland, who were busy at the adjoining shelves, the department manager and the store manager. All of them described the incident similarly: The plaintiff had become more and more aggressive.
A police officer finally explained that they had identified the accused by finger prints on other goods in his shopping cart.
It was the first time that the plaintiff had committed a criminal offense. For this reason, and because he had just enrolled in a German class, a suspended sentence was handed down. The plaintiff has to stay clear of criminal offenses for three years, otherwise, he will have to go to jail for seven months, the judge explained.
The accused left the courtroom in cheerful state.
