Love Parade accused won’t stand trial
A court has ruled that the 10 people charged in connection with the deaths of 21 and injury of over 500 at the final Love Parade festival have "no case to answer"
News By | 5 April 2016
Ten people charged over the Love Parade disaster in 2010 will not stand trial after a German court ruled the case against them lacked sufficient strength.
Four employees of event promoter Lopavent and six of the city of Duisburg were indicted two years ago on charges including involuntary manslaughter and bodily harm and accused of failing to follow proper security procedures.
The state court in Duisburg, however, ruled earlier today that “an exhaustive examination” of the prosecution’s case and evidence “has shown that there is no sufficient case to answer”, reports AP.
“The state’s accusations could not be proved with the evidence presented. Hence a conviction of the accused could not be expected”
In a statement issued after dismissing the charges, the court said:…
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