A court on Thursday sentenced a man to nearly three years in prison for kicking a woman down the stairs of an U-Bahn station in an attack that sparked outrage inside and outside Germany. The Berlin court convicted 28-year-old Svetoslav S. of grievous bodily harm, sentencing him to two years and 11 months in prison for kicking the woman down the stairs at Hermannstrasse U-Bahn station last October. The footage showed Svetoslav S. walking up behind the unsuspecting woman, a bottle of beer in hand, kicking her in the back down the steps, and then walking away with his companions. His wife confirmed his version of events to the court, saying that she had called him before the attack. A psychiatric expert testified during the trial that Svetoslav S. had reduced legal culpability because of the head injury he sustained in the car crash, as well as due to alcohol and drug abuse.

Source: The Local July 06, 2017 13:51 UTC