Medically, the matter is clear: Martin Winterkorn, who will turn 77 in May and has had several operations, is healthy enough to appear in court. This was recently shown when the former CEO of Volkswagen testified as a witness in a trial surrounding the VW emissions scandal. Legally everything is still unclear. Did Winterkorn cheat VW customers who were sold dirty diesel cars as clean vehicles? Did “Wiko,” as he was called internally, also betray the shareholders? He is said to have kept secret from them what was really going on at Germany’s largest car company.
Diesel scandal: Ex-VW boss Winterkorn is healthy enough for court – economy
