Germany

Court of appeal - Siegerist

Hamburg / Germany (RNC Agency) 15.03.1996

`` Gypsies are a complete pack of criminals ``. For this and other defamitory statements, Werner Joachim Siegerist and Uwe Hempen leading lights in the German Conservative party were charged two years ago when Rudko Kawczynski [ Chairman RNC] had sued both for their public defamitory statements. The Appeal court commenced with a surprise, Hempens lawyer Leonore Gottschalk-Solgar with drew from the case the day before the trial. Judge Barbara Salisch announced that the trial would take place on the forth coming Wendsday. Hempen was advised toorganise a new lawyer for his defence. The accusations of public letters of which the accused were the perpetrators. 7.000 of the letters were mailed out and generated donations of more than DM 85.000,- . In April 1994, Siegerist was sentenced to 18 months prison without probationand Hempen to 8 months with probation. The defence lawyer Gottschalk-Solgar said to the arisen which made it impossible for her to maintain a defence which would be in accordance with her own beliefs. Siegerist newspaper

`` Der Rechte Hand `` be authored the books : Oder Neisse, Verrat and Willie Brandt, das Ende einer Legende. In 1995 Siegerist moved his activities to Latvia where he founded the third strongest Parliamentary party power.


   
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