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Walter Meischberger, sentenced today to seven years in prison in the Grasser trial, awaited an acquittal. After the verdict was announced, he said in an interview with the “Tiroler Tageszeitung”: “I’m still in shock, I think I’m in the wrong movie.” Now he doubts the objectivity of the court. “I can only describe the brutality of this trial in terms of political revenge. The judge was biased.”
Judge Marion Hohenecker also delivered the verdict on former FPÖ and later BZÖ politician Peter Westenthaler. “In doing so, she obviously recommended herself for trial against Karl-Heinz Grasser. Because in this country there is a political clique that is concerned about damaging the politics of Wolfgang Schüssel and Jörg Haider in hindsight,” Meischberger said.
Meischberger locates a legal scandal
From Meischberger’s point of view, Hohenecker “let himself be harnessed” to fight the years of black-blue rule. The verdict “was based on a very fragile chain of evidence” and there was “not a single solid evidence.” Meischberger suspects that the sentence was made before the trial began, “because it is a reflection of the prosecution.” “This process was a pure spectacle,” Meischberger said in the “Tiroler Tageszeitung”.
Meischberger also sees a connection to her complaint against Hohenecker’s husband in 2017 with the defamation charge. This is one of the reasons why he speaks of the “greater degree of partiality” of the judge. He, Meischberger, received the highest sentence of all the defendants compared to the respective scope of the sentence. Hohenecker should have presented the case. “As it was, the trial turned into a court scandal and the actual crime occurred in the courtroom.” Meischberger wants to “fight wrong judgment in all cases.” His family and friends support him, but “this case means financial ruin for me. I have been detained for eleven years. But I will not give up.” (apa)
