- A Berlin man had reportedly passed gas twice in front of a female police officer
- The man was fined 900 euros (£1,080) for the 2016 incident earlier this year
- Police saw the man’s actions has an insult directed towards the German officer
- The man later appealed the fine and the complaint was thrown out on Tuesday
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 Berlin man had reportedly passed gas twice in front of a female police officer during an identity check in February 2016 . Police saw it as an insult directed toward the officer (file photo)
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)
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