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Suddenly, Thomas Fingerhuth puts on his jacket. He was not willing to continue participating in the negotiation under these conditions. The official defense attorney gets up and leaves.
The second day of the trial lasts only one hour, but the president of the District Court, Georgia Marcionelli Gysin, has no other option: “We are forced to postpone the trial indefinitely.” She wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Merry Christmas, the President of the Dorneck-Thierstein Office of Judges told those present. It will be summer before they meet again.
The trial of the men accused of killing the mayor of Metzerlen-Mariastein in March 2010 has ended for the time being. Ivo Borer was attacked and beaten at his home. He died from injuries in hospital. The perpetrators targeted Leimental in Solothurn with the prospect of looting millions. They only stole the car key and the key to the front door.
Criticism of the prison conditions of the accused
The two defendants have been on trial since Monday. The Solothurn prosecution charges murder against a 41-year-old Dutchman and a 43-year-old Serb. The trial takes place in a secret location behind closed doors. Media professionals can watch videos. The unusual secret is probably related to the international group of jewel thieves Pink Panthers. A connection between the accused and this network is suspected.
Attorney Thomas Fingerhuth is the official defender of the Dutch. In the past, the man from Zurich has repeatedly appeared as a defender of criminals. Upon request, he explains the reasons behind his departure: “In consultation with my client, I refused to continue participating in the process. The culprit is the inhumane treatment of the client in their opinion and the resulting fact that a reasonable defense was no longer possible.
It is not clear when the process will continue
“The conditions of detention my client faces are degrading, damaging to personality and inhumane.” Fingerhuth complains that the client is in a partially glazed cell with no privacy 24 hours a day, where he has to change, sleep and relieve himself while constantly exposed. “For the latter, he has nothing but a hole in the middle of his cell.” He has worked as a criminal defense attorney for over 20 years, but has never seen “so much disregard for my client’s health and rights of defense.”
The lawyer’s criticism of the detention conditions should not be reciprocated. A request from this newspaper for a statement to the Solothurn Bureau of Prisons was not responded to with reference to the ongoing process. The Solothurn canton prosecutor writes that they have noted the interruption of the main hearing. “We are now awaiting the court’s decision on how to proceed.”
In Dornach, where the office of the responsible judge is located in Dorneck-Thierstein, there is again great discontent. In a press release yesterday afternoon it said: “The court is very sorry that the trial could not be carried out as planned and will report on the new trial date in due course.” The defense attorney left the room without permission. A continuation was not possible without him.
With the completion, many hopes of finally being able to draw a line were jettisoned. A conclusion of the case is a long way off again after more than ten years.
