Attack on corn chopper: Defendant gets himself into trouble with Bible quote – Bavaria

Criminal defense lawyers learn this in basic legal training: it is better for the defendant to remain silent than to spout nonsense. The “maize chopper procedure”, based in courts in Middle Franconia, has what it takes to find its way into legal seminars as evidence of this principle. A farmer was initially charged in the district court with criminal damage; didn’t say completely well-thought-out stuff there – and as a result, he now has to answer to the jury. Top legal shelf, then. The new charge: attempted murder.