135,000 euro fine

Lehmann fined in “chainsaw” trial

In the trial over a bizarre incident involving a chainsaw, the Munich II Regional Court has sentenced former German soccer team goalkeeper Jens Lehmann to a fine of 135,000 euros. The 54-year-old had used a chainsaw to saw through a roof beam in his neighbor's garage in his house on Lake Starnberg.

According to the indictment, he also allegedly cheated on the bill in a parking garage at Munich Airport and failed to pay the parking fees.

The court discontinued proceedings for insulting police officers. On December 22 last year, Lehmann was sentenced by the Starnberg district court to a fine of 210 daily rates of 2,000 euros each for damage to property, insulting police officers and attempted fraud - a total of 420,000 euros. The ex-professional and the public prosecutor, who had even demanded a suspended prison sentence in the first trial, appealed against this.

Verdict of guilty accepted
In the second trial, the former soccer star now received a lighter sentence. Lehmann had previously accepted his guilty verdict. He agreed with the public prosecutor and the court to accept his conviction for damage to property and fraud. He had originally stated that he had entered the garage with a chainsaw in his hand, but otherwise referred to gaps in his memory and spoke of false suspicions and defamation of character.