SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany — A court-martial jury on Friday found Airman 1st Class Grant Harrison not guilty of unpremeditated murder after witnesses gave conflicting testimony about a confrontation between two airmen and Michael Ovsjannikov, who was stabbed to death near his home. The verdict came following deliberations that began Wednesday evening. Harrison, a transient aircraft journeyman with the 726th Air Mobility Squadron, also was found not guilty of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon and obstructing justice. He faced a maximum punishment of life in prison and had been confined at the military jail in Sembach since Aug. 20, 2023, one day after Ovsjannikov’s death. Ovsjannikov, 28, was a high-level martial arts athlete who was well-known in the community, according to testimony. When the verdict was read, the victim’s family members displayed little reaction. Others sitting in the gallery behind the defense table cried quietly. Government prosecutors told the jury in closing arguments Wednesday that the murder charge against Harrison boiled down to “who had the knife” the night Ovsjannikov was killed, calling several witnesses who testified to seeing Harrison with a knife in the hours preceding Ovsjannikov’s death. Harrison, 26, confessed to the stabbing in his initial interviews with law enforcement, lawyers for the defense and government acknowledged while discussing a procedural matter with military judge Col. Jennifer Powell. The confession was suppressed in an earlier ruling, according to the discussion, and the jury was never made aware of it during the proceedings. The murder weapon was described as a Benchmade black folding knife that was found in the daylight hours after Ovsjannikov’s death in the Lieser River, underneath a bridge that led back to Harrison’s residence in Wittlich. The knife still had Ovsjannikov’s blood on it. Harrison’s defense lawyers said the crux of the case wasn’t who had the weapon, but rather who used it. Grover Baxley, Harrison’s civilian defense attorney, argued that eyewitness testimony of the fight itself, crime scene analysis and DNA evidence pointed to Staff Sgt. Robert Cain II as the one who killed Ovsjannikov. The government, he said, went after “the wrong guy.” “You are faced with two competing theories: It’s either Sgt. Cain or Airman Harrison. … When you have this much evidence of a credible alternate theory, it is impossible to get beyond a reasonable doubt,” Baxley said. Cain worked in the same squadron with Harrison, whom he described during testimony as his former best friend. Cain received nonjudicial punishment in December last year for his role in the crime, and the Air Force would not disclose the terms of his punishment. Cain received immunity in exchange for cooperation with the government, an agreement that means he can’t be prosecuted for anything he said in court except for lying under oath. On the evening of Aug. 18, 2023, friends gathered at Harrison’s place in Wittlich for drinks before walking to Pig Fest, an annual street fair, according to testimony. At around 2 a.m., only four were left in the group: Harrison, Cain and the woman he later married, and the wife of another airman. They headed to a bar for one last round of drinks before closing when they encountered Ovsjannikov, according to court testimony. Black-and-white security camera footage from a clothing store that was played for the jury shows the group walking by shortly before the stabbing. Cain’s wife testified that Ovsjannikov unexpectedly and without provocation spit at her. She testified that she didn’t know Ovsjannikov, despite the statement of a witness who said he saw the victim talking to her the night before while she was with Cain and Harrison at a local bar.  Ovsjannikov was leaning against a wall with two other men, she said. Cain’s wife said she pretended to spit back at Ovsjannikov when he jumped up and came toward her. She said she was scared Ovsjannikov was going to attack her. Cain intervened and stood between her and Ovsjannikov, she said. That’s when the fight started, Cain testified. Ovsjannikov punched him in the temple, he testified, and he saw “bright white lights,” dazing him. The next thing he remembered was waking up on his back with Ovsjannikov on top of him and Harrison standing close by with a knife, he said. Cain that night was wearing a black baseball cap, a shoulder bag with a zippered pouch and a silver chain, details which were key to the defense’s case. Dmytro Mynka, who trained under Ovsjannikov several months before his death, was at the scene. “It was a person with black shorts and a cap, and he stabbed Micha with a knife,” Mynka testified in court, referring to Ovsjannikov by his nickname. He said that the man who stabbed Ovsjannikov also had a shoulder bag and that he thought the man took the knife from the bag. Mynka added that he had been drinking alcohol that night, and the government asked him whether he could be getting Harrison and Cain mixed up. “I don’t think so … This stab moment is very clear in my memory,” Mynka replied. The government called Mynka “the outlier” in the case. His memory can’t be trusted because he was so traumatized by what he saw, said prosecutor Lt. Col. Christie Jones, noting that he was described by other bystanders at the scene as hysterical. Mynka was the only person to testify who claimed to have witnessed the actual stabbing. In closing arguments, Jones said Ovsjannikov was a trained martial arts fighter, yet he “had not one defensive wound on his body, because Airman Harrison came from behind and no one saw him do it.” Ovsjannikov received four stab wounds, the most serious to his back and one side of his abdomen.  The only blood of the victim found on Harrison was a speck on the rubber insole of Harrison’s left shoe, a sample that also included the defendant’s blood, according to court testimony. Adelheid Steffen, another defense witness, said she saw what looked like two men wrestling down a narrow road while leaving the street festival. There were only two people directly involved in the fight, but she said a third person was walking around near the two and “he was out of his mind.” Marius Schaefer, who said he was Ovsjannikov’s best friend and training partner, said following the trial that he’s convinced Harrison is guilty. He believes Mynka did not have a clear memory of the fight because he was drinking. But he said it’s possible Cain killed Ovsjannikov. “For sure it is one of them,” he said of the two. But in the end, he said, Ovsjannikov “will not come back to life,” regardless of who goes free. German and U.S. officials examine criminal cases involving German citizens and U.S. personnel to determine jurisdiction before prosecution. Service members typically get tried under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, while civilians end up in German court, according to a 2023 Army statement. 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Media Spokesperson Frozen Pizza & Snacks / Dr Scopri di piùCarriera Sala Stampa Sostenibilità Sedi e Brand Gruppo Oetker cameo Professional Per i media Per le/i candidat* Per i fornitori Etica e Compliance Privacy e Cookie Policy Note legali Struttura Societaria Demonstrators demand a trial under German jurisdiction after the acquittal by U.S soldier kills a German citizen on German soil and confesses afterwards LTO investigations reveal that German police is in part to blame Hier geht es zur deutschen Version des Artikels People were out in the town enjoying the yearly Säubrenner fair he was fatally stabbed following an argument with a U.S His death and the subsequent trial caused outrage far beyond Wittlich sparking a public debate not only about judicial double standards on German soil but the very foundations of the German rule of law soldiers from the near Spangdahlem Air Base His statement is documented in the investigative records provided to LTO he stated that he has been stationed in Germany for two years but wanted to resign due to a severe depression that had caused him to attempt suicide in the past He had been on a new medication for two days and drank heavily on the evening of August 18 On his way home he and his friend got into a fight with a "stranger" he stabbed the stranger at least twice in the right side of his body and then they fled When asked why he didn’t just try to pull his friend away he replied: "I just freaked out." The autopsy showed that Ovsjannikov died at the scene from internal bleeding not only is German detective chief superintendent B The reason for this initial double investigation is a remarkable legal situation created by the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) The SOFA determines which nation has jurisdiction over NATO soldiers who commit crimes in receiving states This means that even though the manslaughter happed on German soil it could fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S specifically the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) the Trier police department decided to hand the case over to U.S We will come back to the question of whether German police had any discretion in its decision or whether it was inevitable custody and charged under Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) for unpremeditated murder Zimmermann and podcast host Paulina Krasa discuss the Wittlich case The trial began in September 2023 at a U.S soldier can face in the military for violations of the UCMJ A conviction at a general court-martial would be equivalent to a felony conviction in a federal district court Even its jury comprised eight soldiers from the defendant’s air base Spangdahlem expert for military criminal law from Virginia According to Trierer Volksfreund, Baxley destroyed the prosecutor’s case during the trial and accused the friend of Grant H Though the central piece of evidence against Grant H was not presented to the jury at all: his confession the military judge ordered that H’s confession cannot be introduced as evidence In a motion hearing a judge decides on certain issues before the trial begins the most common pretrial motions are a motion to dismiss and a motion to suppress evidence describes freaking out and stabbing Ovsjannikov the facts of the case remained unclear. Even independent observers were unsure whether H or his friend were responsible for the stabbing The decision led to a public outcry and demonstrations at Spangdahlem Air Base the air base merely stated that the court-martial had come to the conclusion that the defendant's statement was not voluntary and therefore could not be admitted as evidence It remains unclear why the statement was involuntary the air base repeatedly refused to release the reasoning for the order – open justice does not seem to apply to the U.S But the defense lawyer Baxley of all people explained to LTO why the judge allegedly did not admit his client's confession both the German and the American investigators made mistakes during the interrogation allegedly confessed under the threat to spend the night in prison otherwise the Koblenz public prosecutor general’s office that was informed by a legal advisor of the U.S military about the denied admission of the confession may have been threatened to be remanded in custody if he did not confess allegedly was not properly instructed before the interrogation he didn’t know that Michael Ovsjannikov died according to Baxley Baxley’s account of the judge’s reasoning is in line with the information of the Rhineland-Palatinate ministry of justice military legal adviser also informed the Koblenz public prosecutor general’s office that the judge missed sufficient evidence that the manslaughter charge had been correctly translated Is it true that the investigators made "tactical errors" during the interrogation Concerning the alleged threat of investigative custody: according to the Koblenz public prosecutor general’s office the two officers present at the interrogation rejected the accusation But even if the officers pointed out the possibility of detention this would not amount to an unlawful threat Section 112 of the German Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO) allows for detention if a judge finds a strong suspicion that the accused person committed the offence and a risk of flight A flight risk is often assumed in cases of homicide offences explaining the possibility of detention if the suspect cannot dispel the suspicion does not seem unusual at all Enquiries to Baxley and the air base why the judge considered this to be an unlawful threat the key point in the motion hearing was the allegedly incorrect instruction of his client LTO saw the instruction form signed by Grant H was instructed in German and how the passages were translated into English Each individual phrase was diligently translated into English with one exception.  Right at the beginning of the form German police made a serious mistake.  the following words "Verdacht Tötungsdelikt" ("suspicion of homicide") were not there is only the placeholder "Vorwurf / Strafvorschriften" ("accusation / criminal provision") If the suspicion of homicide had been translated in the form the judge would most likely have considered the confession admissible The spokesperson for the Trier public prosecutor’s office confirmed that the phrase was only in German but said that the reason for this is unclear But is it on the other hand reasonable to suppress the confession because of this mistake Baxley explained to LTO that the rights of members of the U.S military are in many ways more extensive than those of American civilians Article 31 UCMJ requires a military suspect to be informed of the nature of the accusation One mistake can have substantial consequences criminal procedure law not only is illegally obtained evidence inadmissible but also any evidence derived from it ("fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine).  But is it sufficient to imply from the missing translation was not informed properly about the accusation the transcript shows that he confirmed being informed before the interrogation it concerns an incident that occurred last night in Wittlich The police are investigating on suspicion of homicide based on the police's previous investigations I am currently suspected of having something to do with the homicide Not according to H.‘s lawyer Baxley.  Neither the original questions in English nor the original answers are documented While the German officers did use a voice recorder for the interrogation H.’s voice as well as the word "homicide" or a similar term cannot be heard on the recordings The Trier public prosecutor's office and Trier police confirmed to LTO that the dictaphone was only used sporadically It only recorded "what was later transcribed for the protocol." Accordingly only the officers' questions in German and the interpreter's German translation of H.'s answers were recorded on tape the original English answers were left out The Trier public prosecutor's office adds that such fragmented use of the recorder is common for police interrogations The dictaphone is not intended to record and document the spoken word this practice – focused only on the German protocol – proved to be fatal Had the interrogation been fully documented from the beginning there would have been no uncertainty over Grant H.'s procedural rights Even the German Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO) supports video and audio recordings of examinations of the accused Paragraph 4 StPO that a recording of the examination of the accused may be made except in cases where proceedings relate to intentional homicide an audiovisual recording "is to be made" unless there are compelling reasons to the contrary The Trier police did that but only after the first confession of H But the protocol of the audiovisual examination indicates that at the point of the recording The protocol states in German that the interrogating officer explained to H.: "Then I will now repeat the advisement for the suspect in German The allegation here is the suspicion of homicide." H original questions and answers in English are not documented the Trier public prosecutor's office reviewed the interrogation video and provided the original wording: "So he will repeat the advisement as subject and we are going to ask some questions about this." Answer: "Yes." was informed of the accusations in English his lawyer Baxley deems the video irrelevant the crucial point is that his client wasn’t properly informed before his first round of questioning therefore his statements were unlawfully obtained The questions and answers in the video interrogation prove that the instruction regarding the accusations was merely repeated The interpreter explicitly used the word "repeat." H.'s confirmation with "Yes" should prove that the instruction was already given during the first interrogation likely at the very beginning – as required by Article 31 UCMJ it is unclear why H.’s confession wasn’t admitted to the trial and with the order shut away in Spangdahlem it will remain that way After the video interrogation was completed investigators continued to make the same mistakes: special agent Angelo M This was confirmed by Baxley and the Koblenz public prosecutor's office carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison under the UCMJ while manslaughter carries a life sentence How can experienced investigators make such a rookie mistake Aren’t special investigators supposed to know the procedural rules for questioning members of the military And the failure continues: At the motion hearing interpreter and special investigator Denise W could have better testified about whether Grant H was accurately informed of the charges in English at the very beginning of the questioning the prosecutor could have appealed the order not to admit the confession to trial this was a "strategic decision" considering the potential effects on the evidence still available for the trial the prosecutor feared the potential delay due to the appeal which would have made the questioning of other witnesses on the stand more difficult military court that won’t release its decision on the use of evidence investigators who – despite knowing the strict rules – apparently misinformed the suspect and chose not to appeal an order that was clearly decisive for the case failure on the German side: police officers that issued a form for instructions without correctly translating the charges the decision not to record the first interrogation in full – even though Section 136 Paragraph 4 StPO explicitly allows for this The Trier police and public prosecutor's office thus bear part of the responsibility for the acquittal of Grant H One reason for the carelessness of German investigators could be that such mistakes are often without consequences under German procedural law instead courts weigh the competing interests on a case-by-case basis Since the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) often prioritizes determining the truth errors during instruction of a suspect rarely lead to the inadmissibility of statements Some exceptions to this are codified in Section 136a Paragraph 3 StPO Grant H.’s motion to suppress the confession would most likely not have been successful in a German court not only because of less strict standards for admissible evidence And although the finding after gathering all the evidence cannot be anticipated a German court would probably have convicted Grant H whether the German public prosecutor’s office was obliged to hand the case over to the U.S The rules of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement mentioned before create a complex jurisdictional ping-pong:  in a case of manslaughter involving a German victim Germany has the primary right to exercise jurisdiction (Article 7 (3) SOFA) Germany has generally waived its primary right to prosecute foreign NATO soldiers through Article 19 of the SOFA Supplementary Agreement unless the prosecution by the sending state may lead to the imposition of the death penalty But the German authorities can recall the waiver in a specific case if they hold the view that interests of German administration of justice make the exercise of German jurisdiction imperative (Article 19 (3) SOFA Supplementary Agreement) The provision names offences causing the death of a human being that is not a member of a force as one case making the exercise of German jurisdiction imperative The manslaughter of a German citizen by a U.S soldier should therefore be a prime example for recalling the waiver of German jurisdiction the jurisdiction lands on the side of the U.S According to an administrative provision of Rhineland-Palatinate (JBl authorities that even in cases of serious offenses recalling the waiver is not justified if "after a careful consideration of the factual and legal situation that the case will be brought to a conclusion within a short period of time in the U.S military criminal proceedings that is also appropriate according to German sense of justice." soldier kills a German citizen on German soil the jurisdiction generally remains in the hands of the U.S.– unless there is concrete evidence that the U.S military justice system will not handle the case in a timely and appropriate way But how can one know in advance whether the U.S military justice system will actually conduct the investigation quickly and in accordance with the rule of law What tangible evidence could there possibly be to the contrary This provision – besides completely disregarding the severity of the crime – requires German investigators to just guess the public prosecutor's office cannot decide this on its own but must obtain the approval of the state's ministry of justice which would turn the investigations into a political issue the waiver of jurisdiction has been recalled not once in the last 30 years An inquiry of other German public prosecutors' offices shows that the "transfer" of proceedings is almost always the rule the Trier public prosecutor's office also declared that it would not recall the waiver The reason given to LTO was that "at the time are conducted according to the rule of law." In retrospect the phrase "according to the assessment at the time" reads almost like an admission of error The failure to recall the waiver later proved to be a mistake The Wittlich case sparked a debate about NATO rules The recently deceased minister of justice of Rhineland-Palatinate defended the concept before the state parliament and expressed skepticism about whether the German authorities should take on such cases in the future Mertin stated in a state parliament’s session in December 2024 that public prosecutors in Rhineland-Palatinate cannot take over every case otherwise the state would be straight-up circumventing the NATO treaty – with potentially significant diplomatic implications The state ministry of justice told LTO that the rules of the Status of Forces Agreement fall under federal jurisdiction the decades-long practice has proven successful The state's public prosecutors have been working closely with the authorities of the U.S the ministry is now examining possible need for change It plans to evaluate the experiences of the state’s public prosecutors and examine whether more specific guidelines for implementing the NATO SOFA are needed It would clearly contradict Germany's fundamental principles of the rule of law to give up jurisdiction to a foreign institution that is not bound by German fundamental rights Due to the NATO Status of Forces Agreement • You can also read Felix W. Zimmermann's commentary on this topic entitled "Criminal prosecution should no longer be outsourced" This text is a translated and slightly revised version of the article published in German on March 5 Alfred Dierlamm sieht eine zunehmende Erosion der Gewaltenteilung plädiert für Buchführung und Bilanzierung als Pflichtfach im Jurastudium und erklärt an dem eine zurecht wegen Besorgnis der Befangenheit abgelehnte Richterin mitgewirkt hatte Ihre dienstliche Erklärung bestätigte diese Besorgnis – kommt es auf mehr an Ein Mediziner wurde nach dem assistierten Suizid eines psychisch kranken Patienten wegen Totschlags in Mittäterschaft verurteilt Seine Revision gegen die Entscheidung des LG Essen ist nun beim Bundesgerichtshof erfolglos geblieben.  US-Präsident Trump hat mit großen Kanzleien umstrittene Deals abgeschlossen Und nun haben sich auch zwei Kongress-Mitglieder eingeschaltet Ein Familien-Krimi: In der Silvesternacht 2023/24 wurden die Kinder der Unternehmerin Christina Block Erbin der berühmten Steakhaus-Kette "Block House" entführt Nun hat die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Anklage u.a Mittels einer Gesichtserkennung wurde Ex-RAF-Terroristin Daniela Klette aufgespürt Auch Union und SPD wollen künftig verstärkt auf KI-gestützte Datenabgleiche setzen Sie haben die Pushnachrichten abonniert.Durch zusätzliche Filter können Sie Ihr Pushabo einschränken Germany — The defense’s case for a Spangdahlem airman accused of fatally stabbing a local martial arts athlete and instructor more than a year ago will focus on whether the Air Force pinned the crime on the wrong person Opening arguments began Wednesday in the general court-martial of Airman 1st Class Grant Harrison has pleaded not guilty to unpremeditated murder in the death of Michael Ovsjannikov Ovsjannikov was killed in a confrontation during the early hours of Aug Ovsjannikov was found on the street near his home His body had four wounds consistent with a sharp object such as a knife one to his right abdomen and another to his back caused excessive blood loss from internal bleeding and led to his death the German pathologist who conducted the autopsy testified Harrison also pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon and obstructing justice a transient aircraft journeyman assigned to the 726th Air Mobility Squadron faces a maximum punishment of life in prison if convicted of killing Ovsjannikov military in Europe’s jail in Sembach since Aug Lisa Wotkowicz on Wednesday described an altercation that occurred while Harrison walked home from Pig Fest and an Air Force staff sergeant in the group got into a fight with the martial arts instructor and that the staff sergeant ended up on the ground is feeling the weight of Ovsjannikov on him and seeing Harrison standing near him with a knife in his hands Harrison later confessed to “stabbing a man” in messages found on the staff sergeant’s phone and talked about bringing a knife with him to the festival But civilian defense attorney Grover Baxley said that the staff sergeant was the aggressor and that the DNA and blood found at the scene eyewitness testimony and his lack of credibility “all point to” him as being responsible for Ovsjannikov’s death A knife was found later on the day of Ovsjannikov’s death in the Lieser River underneath a bridge that led back to Harrison’s apartment in Wittlich a German criminal investigator testified Wednesday Harrison was arrested along with another Spangdahlem airman in connection with the stabbing Base officials have not released the name of the second airman A wing statement in response to Stars and Stripes questions said this week that the airman was “held accountable via nonjudicial punishment,” an action that was more appropriate with his role in the altercation No criminal charges are pending against him Much of Wednesday’s court testimony focused on physical evidence found near Ovsjannikov’s body More than a dozen photos were taken of blood drops found on the narrow stone street leading up to where his body was found Ovsjannikov did not have a bloody nose or a bloody lip the pathologist testified during defense cross examination nor was he found with defensive wounds on his forearms or hands The trial is scheduled to continue through Oct 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Obsidian Insurance Group ("Obsidian") which is focused on facilitating and supporting growth in specialty insurance programs announced today the appointment of reinsurance and program insurance industry executive Jeff Wittlich as Chief Underwriting Officer "Jeff Wittlich is a tremendous addition to our already strong Leadership Team His extensive program underwriting and portfolio management experience as well as his connectivity within the industry are among the many things that will drive his contributions to our continued growth and profitability in the years to come." 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because if every murderer is set free the next one will lose all hesitation,” said Katja who organized the demonstration that shut down the base’s main gate Friday night for hours “You can’t just go around killing people without facing consequences it just can’t work like that,” Katja added demonstrators chanting “Justice for Micha” in English and German pressed up against about 50 German police officers standing between them and the locked base gate give some justice;” “Shame for America;” and “Don’t close your eyes this is not fair,” were among the other chants and slogans on signs a handful of Security Forces airmen watched silently some of which by the end of the evening were set on the pavement to make a heart symbol and spell out Micha German police said about 800 protesters turned out in a demonstration they described as peaceful The 26-year-old transient aircraft journeyman with the 726th Air Mobility Squadron was also found not guilty of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon and obstructing justice Military jurors weighed conflicting testimony from witnesses about a confrontation on Aug Harrison and another Spangdahlem airman from the same squadron Demonstrators on Friday marched about a mile to Spangdahlem’s main gate parking their cars along a muddy road in a farmer’s field while German police temporarily blocked a portion of the county road that runs adjacent to the base “As guests in our host country and neighbors to those in the surrounding community Spangdahlem Air Base recognizes and respects the rights of individuals to peacefully safely and lawfully assemble and express their opinions,” base officials said in a statement Friday night “It’s unbelievable,” he said at the protest incredulous that Harrison could be acquitted despite confessing to the crime Lawyers for the defense and government acknowledged during a discussion with the judge at the court-martial that Harrison confessed during initial interviews with investigators But the confession was suppressed in an earlier ruling and the jury was never made aware of it during the proceedings “Using a totality of the circumstances analysis required by law the military judge found the accused’s statement was not voluntary and therefore was not admissible as evidence at trial,” the 52nd Fighter Wing said in a statement Saturday The only DNA evidence linking Harrison to the killing was specks of his and the victim’s blood on one of his shoes A witness who testified to seeing the fight said it was Cain – and not Harrison – who stabbed Ovsjannikov following what was described as a chance encounter after a night of drinking at Pig Fest the most serious wounds to his back and one side of his abdomen The trial verdict cannot be vacated or overturned Spangdahlem officials said in a statement Friday The prosecution in military law doesn’t have the right to appeal a not guilty verdict and only the defense can appeal a guilty verdict charges have not been brought against any additional personnel,” the statement said “The Air Force will continue to pursue charges in all cases in which the interests of justice officials examine criminal cases involving German citizens and U.S personnel to determine jurisdiction before prosecution Service members typically get tried under the Uniform Code of Military Justice Some at the protest demanded that American service members be tried in German court if accused of breaking German laws you need to conform with the German law,” said Anna-Lena Katja expressed cautious trust in the American authorities hoping they will help bring justice to the case “We trust that the Americans here are good people — decent people,” she said Keep them with you and send us the good ones.” who said he was Ovsjannikov’s best friend and training partner said those who knew Micha want German politicians to step forward and publicly acknowledge the injustice of the acquittal “Someone has to take responsibility for the mistake that happened,” he said But someone has to take the microphone and say something and say this was a mistake.” Germany can no longer hand over jurisdiction to the U.S soldiers are accused of serious crimes on German soil Although the Constitutional Court recognizes a right to a criminal investigation German authorities sit back and let the U.S military take over when the suspect is a U.S Hier geht es zur deutschen Version des Kommentars The Federal Constitutional Court recognized a right of the surviving relatives to an effective criminal investigation of the crimes their family has experienced This right is part of their general right of personality under Article 2 (1) in conjunction with Article 1 (1) of the Basic Law An across-the-board waiver of jurisdiction of German authorities even in cases of serious crimes no doubt violates that right – if for no other reason than that the U.S is not bound to comply with German fundamental rights According to the NATO Status of Forces Agreement and the Supplementary Agreement the U.S military generally has jurisdiction over its soldiers This alone does not raise concern because the agreements state that German authorities can reclaim their jurisdiction if required by the German administration of justice Homicide is explicitly named as an example under the condition that the victim itself is not a member of the U.S Problematic is what German authorities make of this provision in reality: jurisdiction is waived not just in cases of minor traffic offenses One reason are administrative provisions like those of Rhineland-Palatinate They make it virtually impossible for public prosecutors to take over a case themselves German investigations – even for the most serious criminal offenses – are only considered if there is a “reasonable prospect in human and legal judgement” that the U.S military will not handle the case appropriately But how could German prosecutors know that who will be prosecutor and how the jury will be composed German prosecutors would need visionary powers to justify an investigation and they need – at least in Rhineland-Palatinate – another thing: the approval of the state ministry of justice would probably be more worried about the potential diplomatic crisis than the valid but vague concerns of the public prosecutor’s office authorities compromise on the rule of law in favor of good relations with the U.S.  administrative regulation needs to be changed so that by default German police and public prosecutor's office investigate serious crimes against German citizens in Germany the public prosecutor's offices must be able to decide independently from state ministries and their diplomatic concerns whether to take on cases failure to summon a key witness for the motion hearing and an amateurish instruction of the suspect in the first place The German rule of law has earned the trust of Germans over decades of hard work and Germans continue to trust it – even in times of political crisis This trust must not be put at risk by German authorities giving away their jurisdiction over serious crimes to a foreign military power This text is a translated and slightly revised version of the article published in German on March 5, 2025. Gerade weil Strafverfahren mehr sind als reine Rechtsanwendung sind Schöffen alles andere als "überholt". Und vor allem: Sie sind verfassungsrechtlich legitimiert. Wer sie abschaffen will, braucht sehr gute Argumente, schreibt Hasso Lieber. Alfred Dierlamm sieht eine zunehmende Erosion der Gewaltenteilung, plädiert für Buchführung und Bilanzierung als Pflichtfach im Jurastudium und erklärt, was ihn an § 261 StPO stört. Der BGH hat ein Urteil aufgehoben, an dem eine zurecht wegen Besorgnis der Befangenheit abgelehnte Richterin mitgewirkt hatte. Ihre dienstliche Erklärung bestätigte diese Besorgnis – kommt es auf mehr an, Herr Fischer? Ein Mediziner wurde nach dem assistierten Suizid eines psychisch kranken Patienten wegen Totschlags in Mittäterschaft verurteilt. Seine Revision gegen die Entscheidung des LG Essen ist nun beim Bundesgerichtshof erfolglos geblieben.  US-Präsident Trump hat mit großen Kanzleien umstrittene Deals abgeschlossen. Einige haben sich eingelassen, aber es gibt auch Widerstand. Rückendeckung kommt derweil von Gerichten. Und nun haben sich auch zwei Kongress-Mitglieder eingeschaltet. Ein Familien-Krimi: In der Silvesternacht 2023/24 wurden die Kinder der Unternehmerin Christina Block, Erbin der berühmten Steakhaus-Kette "Block House" entführt. Nun hat die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Anklage u.a. gegen die Mutter erhoben.  Sie haben die Pushnachrichten abonniert.Durch zusätzliche Filter können Sie Ihr Pushabo einschränken. WITTLICH, Germany — Two American service members are in U.S. military custody on suspicion of stabbing a man to death at a fair near Spangdahlem Air Base over the weekend, according to American and German officials. Authorities in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz arrested the service members Saturday before handing them over to the 52nd Security Forces Squadron the following day, as per NATO’s Status of Forces Agreement, the 52nd Fighter Wing said in a statement issued Sunday. The men, ages 25 and 26, fought with the victim at the street fair Saturday in Wittlich, Rheinland-Pfalz police said in a separate statement. A knife was found in a nearby river, but as of Sunday, police had not connected it to the killing, SWR reported. Diyar Askan, a bakery owner in Wittlich, said Monday that he was one of the best friends of the victim, whose first name was Michael, he said. “He was disciplined and respectful. He was not hot-headed,” Askan said. “We are all asking why. That’s the biggest question. For what? What was the problem?” He said Michael had been born in Kazakhstan and represented Germany in judo. “We all loved him,” Askan said. “He brightened up any room.”  At a makeshift memorial on Trierer Strasse on the spot where the stabbing is believed to have occurred, a plush toy of the Russian cartoon character Cheburashka was accompanied by candles, flowers and martial arts memorabilia, among other mementos. Wittlich resident Andrea Barthen visited the memorial Monday. She said everyone in town was talking about the killing, which she said was so shocking and tragic that she couldn’t bring herself to leave her house during the festive weekend. “We know the American military people,” she said. “They are here every year, and it’s peaceful.” Gerhard Knauf, who works in Wittlich, said a colleague of his had known the victim. Knauf added that he was surprised that U.S. service members are the suspects in such a crime. When asked whether he thinks the killing will cause him and others in the area to change their perceptions about the U.S. troops stationed nearby, he said it’s too early to tell. German authorities identified the service members after witnesses described them being at the crime scene with two other people who were not arrested, the police said. The inquiry is being done by the Office of Special Investigation at Spangdahlem, according to police. The men’s names and information about their roles in the military were being withheld because of the ongoing investigation, the wing statement said. They will remain jailed until an investigation is complete, it added. Wittlich is roughly 12 miles east of Spangdahlem Air Base, home to the 52nd Fighter Wing, and about 70 miles northwest of Ramstein Air Base. “This is certainly an intolerable and preventable tragedy in our peaceful community,” 52nd Fighter Wing Commander Col. Kevin Crofton said in the statement. “We thank the local polizei and the Wittlich town leadership for their partnership and patience as the investigation runs its course.” KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — An American airman is slated to be court-martialed on a murder charge connected to the summertime stabbing of a German man at a street festival. Airman 1st Class Grant Harrison will face trial at Spangdahlem Air Base on May 28, 2024, the Air Force said in a statement Monday. If convicted of unpremeditated murder, he could be sentenced to life in prison. Harrison is accused of killing martial arts athlete and instructor Michael Ovsjannikov in the early hours of Aug. 19 in Wittlich, a town about 12 miles east of Spangdahlem. Ovsjannikov’s body was found with stab wounds just yards from his home. German police arrested two U.S. service members in connection with the stabbing later that day. Both were described as being in their mid-20s. The two were transferred to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem pending an investigation, the wing said in a statement at the time. The investigation into the second airman is still open, the wing said Monday in response to questions from Stars and Stripes. Harrison is being detained at the U.S. military in Europe’s jail in Sembach pending trail, while the second airman “remains under the close supervision of his unit pending the completion of the investigation,” the 52nd Fighter Wing said Tuesday. The probe has been led by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Harrison was identified in the statement as an aircraft journeyman assigned to the 726th Air Mobility Squadron at Spangdahlem. A preliminary hearing last month found probable cause to charge him with unpremeditated murder, aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon and obstruction of justice, the Air Force said. A military judge and members of Ovsjannikov’s family attended the Nov. 17 hearing, the statement added. Ovsjannikov, 28, was a former member of Germany’s national youth judo team and trained children at a martial arts school he founded in 2022, according to his family. He also founded a security company with more than 25 employees, the family said. Ovsjannikov’s death resulted in an outpouring of grief. A makeshift memorial on Wittlich’s Trierer Strasse marked the spot where the stabbing was thought to have occurred. 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Volume 9 - 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.772290 Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common cancer in western countries Legislative bodies and stakeholders like WHO and EU strongly promote protection against solar UVR Occupational health prevention must be introduced as a strong instrument in workers protection also with regard to occupational disease issues criteria for both occupational health prevention and occupational disease are missing and the identification of risk groups has no metric basis Here I report a criteria analysis based on the largest comprehensive data set of occupational ultraviolet radiation exposure of outdoor workers With detailed research on occupation-specific dosimetric measurements of 45.000 measurement days in 176 occupations and sub-occupations it is possible to map criteria for occupational health prevention specifically and to identify affected occupations The number of employees affected can be elucidated worldwide a direct link to retrospective occupational disease criteria could be established Of the 176 occupations and sub-occupations selected for this work 153 (=87%) exceed the criterion for occupational health prevention and thus need special attention This includes all occupations with annual exposures of more than 150 SED Employment figures for the EU and the world yield the total number of affected workers to be 36.1 million and more than 500 million These new criteria for occupational health prevention are valid and in good agreement with international research on limit values by WHO and ICNIRP these criteria can prevent occupational disease It will be possible to identify occupations and sub-occupations that have an urgent need for prevention to avoid chronic skin damage leading to cancer This research serves as a basis for policy making and clinical risk identification as well as for daily practice of occupational physicians and employers responsible for risk assesment it almost doubled from 0.032 to 0.06% (of total DALYs) It can be assumed that the DALYs for NMSC are underestimated as reporting by both those affected and authorities is weak The particular importance of the issue has clearly increased, especially at the European level. The Beating Cancer (BECA) Committee of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) set up by the European Parliament is dealing with the content of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan (9) It was stipulated that the incidence of cancer should be reduced by 30% The BECA committee has also determined that occupational skin cancer is the priority target of the activities OHP aims at improvements in the protection of the health of all employees by using findings regarding the causes of occupational diseases as a basis for improvements in working conditions the focus is on advising workers on exposure and the resulting hazards to their skin and eyes If physical or clinical examinations are not necessary or are refused by the employee In the new and upcoming ICD-11, a distinction is made between the different entities of NMSC, so that a statistically reliable recording is possible through appropriate coding (23) The aim of this work is to show which occupations and sub-occupations are affected according to scientifically based current legal criteria for OHP There is a direct applicability for other nations from the underlying data and findings and the fact that Germany in particular is a country located in higher latitudes These data coupled with employment figures and economic directories allows the estimation of the number of people affected and the associated expenditure for the industry in this paper it is examined if the criteria are good for protecting against severe skin damage leading to an occupational disease The dosimeter was worn by the subjects on the left upper arm as standard (Image/IFA) Data structure in GENESIS-UV using the example of skilled dock workers Several sub-occupations (light green) can be assigned to one occupation (dark green) as well as the daily distribution in half-hourly values each month-related (here: example from month May) This provisional value is used for modeling in this paper We have developed a new overall metric based on personal dosimetric measurements, which is currently being published (26, 27) a holistic overall view of all exposures in connection with solar UV radiation is possible The test persons were acquired with the support of German social accident insurance institutions which are in close contact to enterprises of their branch occupations were selected that were associated with a supposedly high UV exposure the potential test persons were then directly approached and recruited based on their willingness to participate which took place exclusively during daily working hours in the period from April to October were compensated with an expense allowance According to the legally anchored scientific opinion OHP must be granted to every person who was active outdoors for more than 1 h between 11 a.m (CEST) on more than 50 days in the period from April to September it is about 40% of the working days (20 working days in April In Germany, exposure-risk relationships have been described for the risk-based concept in handling carcinogenic agents since 2005. Health-based occupational exposure limits often cannot be derived for carcinogenic agents because there is usually no exposure at which an adverse health effect on workers can be completely ruled out (28) The establishment of substance-specific exposure-risk relationships makes it possible to derive acceptance and tolerance concentrations associated with a defined a risk is assigned to an exposure at the workplace (quantity/m3) based on an 8-h working day a risk of 4/1,000 new cancers is tolerated and must not be exceeded This concept can also be transferred to the risks associated with physical agents The attempt to quantify the risk of skin cancer resulting from UVR exposure serves to compare work-related risks and is based on the data currently available this calculation is based on a linear dose-response relationship although the relationship between UVR and SCC could be described with an exponential function Calculations lead to the point that an exposure of 1 h in the period mentioned above is below the tolerance risk and thus fulfills the exposure-risk relationship (29) Longer exposure leads to higher risk and will exceed the tolerable risk level This finally is the rationale to chose 1 h per day as criterion for OHP that must not be exceeded The sum of these days from April to September is divided by the total number of measurement days in the respective occupation/sub-occupation The result is a ratio that indicates the proportion of employment days in the occupation/sub-occupation that are above the limit OHP is required according to the criterion defined above Occupation and sub-occupation with the hightest exposure in 1 h per month Example for determination of quota for OHP a total of 45,000 measurement days were available across all occupations and sub-occupations Relationship between the rate of days exceeding criteria (“OHP quota”) and the annual irradiation The red arrow indicates the position of the criterion and its mapping to the distribution of the data the gray arrow the mapping to the axes of the annual irradiation and its rate Occupations/sub-occupations in the red shaded area do not meet the criteria for OHP occupations/sub-occupations in the gray area are below the OD recognition criterion but may differ in case the criteria are defined differently So far, there is no direct link between the prospective effect of OHP and the retrospective view of occupational diseases. Since January 2015, legal regulations have been in force in Germany that allow recognition and compensation for SCC and AK, under certain conditions (13, 32) To date, no fixed irradiation dose could be found that can be used as a threshold for the development of SCC. Apparently, there is a relative measure which depends on the irradiation during the year. The more UVR irradiation occurs, the higher the number of cases of SCC and AK (33) In German legislation on occupational diseases, it has become a good standard to assess diseases without a concrete trigger threshold via the epidemiologically derived doubling of the risk of disease. Although the number of studies on this was relatively small, it was possible to find a relation. An increase of 1% UVR leads to 2.5% more cases of SCC (34) It was concluded that 40% more UVR leads to a doubling of risk (100%) In a hypothetical but typical case of a 65-year-old employee with 45 years of occupational outdoor work the “normal” lifetime exposure calculates to be 16.900 SED and thus the extra occupational dose is 6.760 SED to double the risk Assuming longtime involvement with rather the same activities throughout the years it can be calculated what average annual occupational exposure this person would have had to acquire in order to eventually meet the recognition requirement OHP prevents an employed person from having to suffer an occupational disease or an occupational illness By comparing to a hypothetical case of occupational disease as a basis it can be estimated for the first time if the legal criterion chosen is suitable to do so there has not been a sufficiently large database of a physical or chemical agent to be able to make such a comparison Criteria of precaution must be suitable to prevent a later disease the two threshold values from the criterion for OHP and OD ideally the value from OHP is much smaller Then it could be concluded that a criterion has been found which has the goal of sparing the employee the fate of an occupational skin cancer disease the affected occupations/sub-occupations would be identified and recorded Based on the federal German employment figures, the total number of affected persons can be extrapolated for Germany (see Table 2) about 7.2 million employees are eligible for OHP If this is put in relation to the total number of employees of about 45 million a much smaller share had been assumed in Germany The transfer to the European level succeeds by assuming that employment in the economic sectors is on average similar to Germany for the 28 member states of the European Union (EU-28 2019) with a total number of 225.7 million employed persons (quotation from Eurostat) one can estimate that about 36.1 million employees would be affected Number of employees affected in Germany by exceeding OHP criteria based on official German Federal Statistical employment data of the different sectors This is to compare to the average annual irradiation a person would have to acquire in order to be exposed to twice the risk of disease compared to the average population as explained in detail in the Methods section a person living in the middle latitudes would receive an average lifetime irradiation of 16,900 SED to which 6,760 SED would have to be added in order to double the risk Equally distributed over 45 years of working life this results in an average irradiation of 150 SED which would have to be acquired at least annually Occupational health prevention for exposures to natural UVR is an important component in the prevention of UVR related skin cancers OHP prevents an employed person from suffering an occupational illness or disease there has been a lack of metrological and scientific proof as to which occupations or sub-occupations are particularly highly exposed and what effects can be expected on the subsequent occurrence of illness This work solves this problem and for the first time brings OHP and OD into a metric context The term outdoor worker has already permeated legislation and other bodies so a clean definition is of great importance the transferability to other countries in terms of latitude has to be considered this again tightens the criteria significantly as UV irradiation increases towards the equator Especially occupations that are now at the limit of the criterion will tend to be above it at lower latitudes Comparative measurements of this is planned in other studies the counting of individual days above the criterion may be subject to statistical fluctuations only occupations that showed at least 50 valid measurement days were selected for this study the results obtained are subject to the problems of personal dosimetry measurements but this was counteracted with a large number of subjects and an extremely high number of data sets (3.8 billion) and validation methods previously unrecognized occupational profiles may still be missing but this can be inferred by analogy and expertise from the occupations studied so far in most cases Although the criteria for OHP and OD are only legally valid in Germany so far they are based on the international state of science and can therefore be adopted for all nations and used as a basis for a scientific analysis Crucial to the success of OHP or prevention in general is its acceptance by workers, but also the conviction of those who are responsible and have to bear any costs. Since photodamage cannot be reversed but requires constant, lifelong aftercare and therapy, consistent and preventive occupational health and safety is of great importance. A future reduction in the burden of disease is currently being researched in systematic reviews initiated by the WHO and ILO (47) The return on prevention is obvious when one considers that simple measures of OHP and technical occupational safety are already sufficient to prevent serious and permanent medical interventions installation of shading (also in urban planning) reduction of time spent directly in the sun or wearing of long-sleeved clothing are simple but very effective measures to reduce exposure it is a clear cost-benefit calculation in favor of prevention for both society and employers who have to pay into social security systems or provide direct compensation A further classification of these study results can be made by comparison with the exposure limit value of 1 SED per day (2, 3) proposed by WHO and ICNIRP, taking into account the vulnerable skin type I (1) an acceptable irradiation of 0.65 SED per working day can be derived if one assumes an equal distribution of exposure over 230 working days per year If the irradiation from leisure activities is also taken into account this total irradiation is within the range of the proposed exposure limit value This work puts OHP for UVR exposure in a more concrete light The high urgency for an enormously large number of people affected could be shown and leads to the realization that efforts in prevention must be significantly intensified worldwide it was possible to show a direct proof and connection between the criteria of OHP and possible future diseases Special attention should be paid to the fact that occupational physicians for example must be involved at an early stage Medical doctors are already held in high esteem by people by virtue of their training so that the content to be conveyed may have a better effect The insights gained in this work can be taken up by national and international organizations as they allow direct implementation in regulations Training curricula for the instruction of 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In our Dr. Oetker story "Well rounded: This is how the Dr. Oetker pizza is made" you will also get an insight into the individual steps a pizza goes through in our factory Test kitchen and consumer serviceTo ensure that a frozen pizza always turns out well Oetker test kitchen invest a lot of effort In series tests with a wide variety of appliances they work out the optimum baking instructions which are shown on the back of the pizza folding box Oetker Consumer Service is always happy to help The filming for the movies, which are now available in German and English on YouTube took place in Wittlich and Bielefeld in the summer of 2022 View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow Manufacturers that aim to offer a comprehensive and competitive commercial vehicle fleet portfolio can’t get by without retreading (typically mould cure retreading performed in large nor can they reduce fleet transport costs and meet customer expectations without partnering with the tyre trade and drawing upon the extensive range of services these specialists offer In the five years since opening a truck tyre retreading facility alongside its new truck tyre plant in Wittlich Goodyear Dunlop has made greater inroads into the local fleet business market Goodyear Dunlop’s director commercial DACH (Germany including the market upheaval brought about by growing imports of new Speculation has abounded ever since Goodyear Dunlop announced in late June an intention to cease retreading at its Wolverhampton site by 2017 and relocate the production of new passenger car tyres still remaining at its Wittlich site Many observers assume that a large portion of the Wolverhampton retreading will be relocated to Wittlich Wittlich will be one of only two retreading plants the US tyre maker operates in the EMEA region (the other is in Riom however the paucity of information coming from Goodyear Dunlop in the UK Germany and its European headquarters in Brussels leaves us with little more than speculation and conjecture on how the closure of one plant may influence production at another Schölling says it’s simply too soon to offer concrete information about changes that may occur What we do know is that the retreading facility in Wittlich has continued to develop since entering operation in 2010 and that Goodyear Dunlop invested around 20 million euros in the Wittlich site between 2012 and 2014 In addition to expanding production capacity from 2011 levels of around 100,000 retreads per annum to 150,000 the following year investments were made in energy efficiency and workplace safety during the three aforementioned years Production has risen virtually parallel to expansion work at the plant the 67 employees turned out 102,000 retreads by 2014; this number should reach 110,000 during the course of this year an amount equalling a capacity utilisation of around 75 per cent Nobody is prepared to comment on whether a comparatively significant development such as this in the new German retreading facility had an impact on the 90 year old production site in Wolverhampton Efforts at Goodyear Dunlop to lift market acceptance and presence in and around the DACH area in recent years have been successful and the company has staked its claim in the continental European fleet sector with an extensive all-round programme that includes new tyres Goodyear Dunlop’s European headquarters in Brussels and its German head office in Hanau have followed recent developments within the European commercial vehicle tyre market very closely While the overall market in Germany (other markets developed in more or less the same way) stagnated or slightly contracted in the first six months of 2015 and the retreading market as a whole and especially the pre-cure market declined by a double-digit figure imports of new tyres from the Far East continued to flood the market Supplies of imported tyres have risen a great deal in recent times both in Germany and throughout the entire EU Last year 435,000 truck tyres were shipped from China to Germany (34 per cent more than in 2013) while the entire EU-27 area received some 3.46 million (up 50 per cent; WdK figures based upon Eurostat information) – but Schölling says this has only “marginally” impacted upon the Goodyear and Dunlop brand premium mould cure retreading business “That is a different segment,” the director commercial DACH comments Goodyear Dunlop has offered its German customers a Wittlich-based ‘Customer Own Casing’ retreading service since autumn 2013 and at the start of this year extended this offer to the other DACH markets with COC beginning in Austria in May and two months later in Switzerland “Customers can appraise the quality of their casings This knowledge influences their tyre investments,” comments Dieter Schölling customers who know they can receive their own well-maintained casing back are more prepared to pay good money for a high-end new tyre “The market demands retreading upon customer-owned casings,” shares the DACH director commercial The COC option is already “very well established” in Germany; every third retread leaves the Wittlich plant on a customer-owned casing Customers receive their retread within six weeks The percentage of COC tyres will continue to rise in Germany and the manufacturer anticipates the Austrian and Swiss markets will follow this pattern following the gradual introduction of COC there It wasn’t necessary to introduce COC gradually because of the investment costs involved The costs associated when retreading with customer own casings are marginal once the system has been set up but a shift from dealer-supplied casings to COC involves jumping over a number of procedural hurdles be guaranteed through the use of barcodes so that the right casing is returned to each customer “It’s no more costly than before once the system is already set up but there are also processes to introduce.” Goodyear Dunlop can reply upon one of the densest networks in Europe and in the DACH market Around 2,000 partners belong to the TruckForce service network in the 28 European countries where it operates 50 in Austria and a further 20 in Switzerland “Coverage in the DACH market works very well,” notes Schölling even those outside the DACH region’s GDHS (Goodyear Dunlop Handelssysteme) franchise network are constantly sought for a further build-up of the TruckForce network If you would like the latest news from the Chinese tyre industry in Chinese, visit our partner site TyrepressChina.com PCR production has been shifted away from the plant gradually for several years with the latest announcement completing cessation of Wittlich’s production of these products Tyrepress and Tyres & Accessories subscribers can log in below to read the full article If you are not yet a Tyrepress or Tyres & Accessories subscriber Subscribe now The employees of the 'meat hygiene office' at a huge slaughterhouse in the German town of Wittlich were the first to be tested according to a spokesman of the district administration for Bernkastel-Wittlich Tuesday and Thursday of this week would see tests of about 600 employees being carried out drivers and cleaners are expected to be present at the Corona test station on Wednesday and Friday This action follows the massive coronavirus outbreak at a large meat plant in North Rhine-Westphalia the state government has ordered that all workers in a total of six meat processing plants across the Rheinland-Pfalz state are to be tested for the virus While there are no slaughterhouses in the same size as the one in North Rhine-Westphalia in the Pfalz region precautionary action requires tests being carried out at two large and four smaller plants *this report was taken from a report first published on Lokalo.de Monday night while attempting to secure a crash site13/01/2015ShareA Luxembourg resident was tragically killed in an accident just over the German border in Wittlich Monday night while attempting to secure a crash site The incident occurred on the German A1 motorway at the junction with the A60 and according to the local police force a car skidded and crashed with force into barriers before rebounding Subsequently four other vehicles were unable to avoid the car and also crashed A driver from Luxembourg who collided with one of the vehicles managed to escape from their car and attempt to secure the crash site However the 51-year-old was hit by an approaching vehicle and despite the swift arrival of the ambulance services In total six other people were reported seriously injured Do not miss the news - sign up to receive the wort.lu newsletter in English delivered to your inbox six days a week. 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He then noted down the man’s account number before the offender left the church. A visitor present in the church at the time, followed the man find out where he lived and discovered that it was very near the church in Wittlich. The police quickly arrived and arrested the man who was in fact well-known to them.