New Year’s Eve First jail sentence

Cologne · An Algerian man is sentenced to jail for his crime at the Cologne central train station.

A 21-year-old Algerian man is the first offender from the Cologne New Year’s Eve attacks to receive a jail sentence. On Thursday in a Cologne court, he received a one year sentence for stealing. He was found guilty of stealing a man’s wallet in the area in front of the Hauptbahnhof (central train station). When the victim noticed what had happened, he held the thief who then kicked him. Others came to the victim’s aid and a fistfight ensued.

In February, the first offenders from the attacks on New Year’s Eve were sentenced but only received suspended sentences. On New Year’s Eve in Cologne, there were numbers of assaults, thefts and other crimes committed. Massive sexual assaults on women caused a major uproar and anger.

Orig. text: dpa

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