Erfurt (dpa/th) – Around two years after the nationwide Corona judgment of a family judge at the Weimar District Court, a trial against the man is to begin. According to the current plans, the case will be opened on April 18 before the second criminal chamber of the Erfurt district court, a spokesman said on Monday for the German Press Agency. The district judge caused a stir in April 2021 with a decision against the corona mask requirement. With the controversial verdict, he decided that children at two schools in Weimar did not have to wear masks, triggering a nationwide discussion.
So far, according to the court spokesman, appointments have been scheduled until the beginning of July. The public prosecutor’s office in Erfurt accused the judge in the summer of 2022 of allegations of perverting the law. She accused the lawyer of having “deliberately and seriously departed from the law with his judgment in order to publicize the alleged ineffectiveness and harmfulness of government measures to combat the corona pandemic,” as announced in June 2022. According to information provided at the time, the man faces a prison sentence of between one and five years if convicted.
