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Among others, the former VW boss Martin Winterkorn charges were charged.
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BraunschweigWith the various failures in the Volkswagen Group Only a few know as well as Brunswick’s Attorney Elke Hoppenworth. Already more than a decade ago, she brought to court the pleasure trips of former HR Director Peter Hartz.
But the process was just a small thing compared with the diesel scandal, in which the 60-year-old now brought the first charge on the way. For well three and a half years Hoppenworth coordinates the investigation in probably the biggest economic crime in the history of the Federal Republic, Right, she can not do it right.
As the public’s lack of understanding over the fact that the preliminary investigation has dragged on for so long, the defenders of the five defendants have come to court with her. On the one hand, they criticize the chronological and, in their eyes, thematically unclear file management.
The public prosecutor’s office also trampled on the right to be heard, the legal counsel of an ex-VW manager is furious. Because the prosecution came as a surprise, only after the beginning of April still new access to the file was granted. The lawyer of Martin Winterkorn let say: The defense will adjust to this “gait” of the prosecutor. Not only for the accused break uncomfortable times.
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