After the car attack on a police officer, a so-called Reich citizen refuses to accept his ten-year sentence for attempted murder. The defense attorney had appealed the verdict, a spokeswoman for the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court confirmed on Thursday. Several media had previously reported about it. The man is said to have fled from several traffic controls in Efringen-Kirch in southern Baden a year ago and finally headed for a police officer, whom he hit with his car and seriously injured.

The defense had not considered the allegation of intentional attempted homicide to be proven in its plea and argued that all other allegations had already been settled with the 13 months in custody. His client fled from the police in fear of death and accidentally hit the police officer. The federal prosecutor's office, on the other hand, had demanded ten years in prison for attempted murder for the 62-year-old, the co-plaintiff a prison sentence "in the double-digit range".