Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – Because he attacked and injured a former employee from Ukraine, a 43-year-old man received a two-year suspended prison sentence. As the Freiburg district court reported on Monday, the accused, who confessed, was convicted of dangerous bodily harm in conjunction with attempted coercion. The judgment is not yet final.

According to the indictment, the company boss with German nationality and two employees, who have already been convicted, dragged the ex-colleague into a car and took him to a wooded area. There they beat the man and tortured him with a blowtorch. The dispute was said to be about the whereabouts of a company vehicle.