German court: It’s legal to pass gas in front of police

A German court has ruled that it is acceptable to break wind in front of a police officer after man was forced to pay 900 euros (£1,080) for doing so last year.

A man identified in court only as Christoph S had reportedly passed gas twice in front of a female police officer during an identity check in February 2016 in the Friedrichshain neighbourhood of Berlin.

Police saw his actions has an insult directed towards the officer and filed a complaint against Christoph S.

A year later, the Berlin man was slapped with a 900 euro fine. 

Christoph S later appealed the fine and the complaint was thrown out on Tuesday, the Berliner-Zeitung reported.

‘It is one thing if the leader of a police unit sees his colleague’s honour as being injured by a fart,’ Christoph S’s lawyer said at the appeal hearing

‘But it is quite another if prosecutors and the judiciary agree – that is a failure of the state,’ Christoph S’s lawyer said at the appeal hearing.

The appeals judge agreed and threw out the complaint against Christoph S within a matter of minutes. 

An appeals judge threw out the complaint against Christoph S within a matter of minutes on Tuesday (file photo)