Unusual trial

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The encounter at last year's carnival in Villach brought a bricklayer and a lawyer before the court as defendants.

(Bild: Wassermann Kerstin)

Once you tell a lie, you're never believed, they say. And in court, this old adage proves to be true all too often. A criminal case in Carinthia against a bricklayer and a lawyer began quite differently than it ended. The two had clashed at a carnival party. But what really happened?

A curious David-versus-Goliath trial came to an unexpected end on Monday at Klagenfurt Regional Court - David can breathe a sigh of relief, Goliath, on the other hand, is still in trouble and his friends also have to prepare for repercussions after their appearance in the courtroom. What is it all about?