Hatten wir das hier schon?

Arne Hoffmann, Monday, 18.08.2003, 00:49 (vor 8207 Tagen)

Howdy

Sorry, ich habe in letzter Zeit nicht jeden Thread hier in den Foren gelesen: Hatten wir uns schon ausführlich darüber aufgeregt, dass ein Mann heutzutage 75 Euro Strafe zahlen muss, wenn er nur auf einer Parkbank sitzt? Ich habe den Bericht gerade auf einer britischen Website gefunden (http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_807090.html?menu=news.quirkies):

--- Man fined for sitting on bench

A court in Germany has ordered a man to pay 75 euro for sitting on a park bench.

The man was sitting on the bench in the Botanical Garden in Munich when he was approached by police.

They told him he couldn't sit on the bench, next to a playground, unless he was accompanied by a child.

He later received a letter telling him to pay a 150 euro fine, but went to court.

The court heard the regulation had been established to protect playing children against drug addicts and prostitutes, who frequently come to the garden.

But the man said his only interest in the playground was to see whether it would be a nice place to take his daughter to on a planned weekend visit.

The judge offered to end the court case if the man paid 75 euro to a charity, which he accepted.

But he was still stunned at paying such a high price to sit down, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports.

"There weren't even any children around," he told the paper. ---

Herzlicher Gruß

Arne