Strange scenes
Trial of soccer star Hinteregger aborted!
Martin Hinteregger had to answer to the Völkermarkt district court in Carinthia on Wednesday morning. The 32-year-old Austria Klagenfurt star defender is known to have pushed a fan while coaching lower-league club Sirnitz in September 2024. The public prosecutor's office in Klagenfurt filed an application for assault. But the trial was aborted due to dramatic circumstances!
"A strain of the cervical spine and abrasions" is what the victim is said to have suffered after being pushed by Martin Hinteregger - this is the criminal complaint. This is based on a video that was recorded in September during a match in Mittlern (K). It shows Hinteregger, in his role as coach at the time, pushing a fan to the ground on the edge of the pitch. The former team player pleaded guilty to this at the trial on Wednesday.
However, the trial was anything but ordinary. The judge behaved conspicuously right from the start. "You are a renowned footballer, Mr. Hinteregger, you scored a goal against Germany - and now you've drawn twice with Austria Klagenfurt," he repeated several times in the Völkermarkt district court.
Judge could not be persuaded to stop for a long time
"A completely stupid video," he says at the beginning in drawn-out words, "the private party representative is therefore demanding a terrible punishment." Then, obviously very confused, he struggled for ages with technical problems.
Shortly after the judge staggered and almost tripped over a party to the trial, the public prosecutor repeatedly requested that the hearing be stopped.
"Manuel Hinteregger"
But the judge, who also called Martin Hinteregger "Manuel Hinteregger" for short, refused. It was only after almost an hour that he agreed to stop the trial, especially as his condition had apparently deteriorated. The expert witness, a medical doctor, sounded the alarm: "This is a medical emergency" - which was later confirmed by a spokesperson from the Ministry of Justice.
The presiding judge was taken to hospital by ambulance and the trial was adjourned indefinitely. Victims' representative Mariella Hackl: "I have never experienced anything like this in all 17 years of my career." And Hinteregger will probably not forget the trial in a hurry either.
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