Dusseldorf - The affair Blumenthal - on Wednesday was finally drawn a line was. The former Rheinbahn board was convicted of benefit to 3600 euro adoption on probation.
For seven years, the judiciary dealt with the case. Gert Blumenthal was accused of having accepted in connection with the Millionenflop to Moselbahn "gifts".
His wife had a consultancy agreement was provided for no consideration. And Blumenthal's son got a Mercedes sponsored.
In the first procedure before the District Court Blumenthal was acquitted. These cases mainly a question of whether, as a daughter board of the city more like a municipal employee or as an employee will be treated in the free economy. For authorized to accept gifts.
The district court shared this view. But the Court of Appeal overturned the verdict. On Wednesday, the fourth process, it finally came to an end. Whereby the length of the proceedings in the case in mitigation was counted.
Blumenthal is now an independent consultant. Because of the pendency he received no new stable employment. Blumenthal: "I am happy that finally everything is over."
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