FRANCE: KARL-HEINZ ELSCHNER, ONE OF TWO GERMANS HELD IN FRANCE ON SUSPICION OF ASSAULTING A FRENCH GENDARME OUTSIDE A WORLD CUP STADIUM, RELEASED ON BAIL

Record ID: 646342

  • Title: FRANCE: KARL-HEINZ ELSCHNER, ONE OF TWO GERMANS HELD IN FRANCE ON SUSPICION OF ASSAULTING A FRENCH GENDARME OUTSIDE A WORLD CUP STADIUM, RELEASED ON BAIL
  • Date: 29th July 1998
  • Summary: BETHUNE, FRANCE (JULY 29, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. KARL-HEINZ ELSCHNER'S FATHER WALKING TO THE COURT 2. ELSCHNER'S FATHER GETTING INTO THE CAR LONGUENESSE, FRANCE (JULY 29, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 3. EXTERIOR SHOT OF THE PRISON 4. ELSCHNER'S FATHER, STANDING BY HIS SON'S LAWYER ERIC DUPOND-MORETTI, SAYING: "THERE'S NO ELEMENT WHICH COULD INDICATE HE (HIS SON) PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSAULT. WE HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE OF THE ASSAULT ARE GOING TO BE TRIED. I'M THANKING THE PROSECUTOR, HIS DECISION IS CORRECT". (GERMAN) 5. OPENING OF THE DOORS OF PRISON 6. KARL HEINZ ELSCHNER HIDDEN BY BLANKET SITS IN CAR AS IT IS DRIVEN OUT 7. FATHER AND FAMILY IN CARS FOLLOW ELSCHNER'S CAR FROM PRISON Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 13th August 1998 13:00
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  • Location: BETHUNE AND LONGUENESSE, FRANCE
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  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA8X0894D3QHP6SDV3CXMPDPJI6
  • Story Text: Karl-Heinz Elschner, one of two Germans held in France on suspicion of assaulting a French gendarme outside a World Cup stadium last month, has been released on bail.

    Eschner, 26, was allowed out of Longuenesse jail near Saint Omer on payment of 50.000 francs ($ 8,300) bail under an arrangement with German authorities to keep him under house arrest in his home in Braunschweig.Elschner's parents appeared on Wednesday (July 29) at the Court in Bethune to pay the bail.

    The local prosecutor has appealed against the decision to release Elschner.

    Elschner was arrested several days after the June 21 attack on gendarme Daniel Nivel by a group of German hooligans.Nivel was beaten so badly that he suffered irreversible brain damage and remains in a coma.

    Elschner's lawyer, Eric Dupont-Moretti said his client was released because there was no solid evidence against him.

    Another German, Markus Warneke from Hanover, remains in jail in connection with the incident.


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