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Because her son had been placed by the Kesb, a woman was carried away by the verbal attacks. You have to pay a fine.
Recently, two decisions of the Dietikon District Court last year have become final.
Photo: Thomas Delley (Keystone)
Because he threatened to kill a teacher in a classroom in a school building in Dietikon, the Dietikon District Court sentenced a mother to a fine in September 2019. Her husband was also on trial at the time.
The sentences have recently become final after the prosecutor withdrew his appeal from the higher court, as a spokeswoman for the Zurich higher court said when asked by the Keystone-SDA news agency.
In the September 2017 incident, the couple, both Swiss, gained access to a classroom in a school building in Dietikon despite the ban on spaces. There, the woman verbally assaulted a teacher and threatened to kill her and her children.
Child relocated after serious accusations
The dispute was preceded by the placement of one of the couple’s children by the authority responsible for the protection of children and adults (Kesb). The couple were accused of beating their son and neglecting their care and parenting duties.
They were also accused of violence and threats against authorities and officials. Other less serious accusations were also made against the man.
The man was acquitted of all charges and received compensation of 22,800 francs for wrongful imprisonment. According to the Dietikon District Court, the violation of the duty of care and parenting, as well as the repeated assault, have not been proven, unless they were already prescribed by law.
Threatened but not hit
The woman was found guilty of violence and threats against authorities and officials. The court considered it proven that after placing her youngest son in a state of great excitement, she threatened to kill the teacher and her children.
However, the accused did not touch the professor and certainly did not “hit” or “strangle” him, as stated in the press reports on the incident.
The woman was punished with a fine of 144 daily rates of unknown amount and a fine of 1,000 francs.
Media excluded from negotiation
In justifying the amount of the penalty for the woman and the amount of satisfaction for the man, the court referred, among other things, to the media coverage of the case. Both parties involved were highly prejudiced and did not have sufficient anonymity.
Not only the public, but also several journalists accredited as court stenographers were excluded from the hearing before the Dietikon District Court in September 2019.
The court only provided information on the outcome of the process in a press release. The affected media workers defended themselves against this procedure with a complaint to the higher court. Subsequently, it declared the exclusion of the entire audience from the media as inadmissible.
