Fine for right-wing extremist Sven Krüger after weapons were found
The Wismar district court sentenced the local politician to a fine of 7,000 euros for illegal possession of weapons and explosives.
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- The Wismar district court has sentenced the right-wing extremist local politician Sven Krüger to a fine of 7,000 euros.
- During a raid in 2023, illegal weapons and explosives were seized from the convicted demolition contractor from Jamel.
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Why It Matters
Sven Krüger is a right-wing extremist with multiple convictions and a local politician in Gägelow. His home town of Jamel is considered a long-standing focal point of the neo-Nazi scene.
In the trial against the nationally known right-wing extremist Sven Krüger, the district court in Wismar sentenced the defendant to a fine of 7,000 euros. Judge Malte Burger said Krüger was guilty of illegal possession of explosives and weapons.
Firearms and cartridges, among other things, were found during a raid at Krüger's house. There is a ban on the possession of weapons against the demolition contractor. The public prosecutor's office had requested a suspended prison sentence of eight months and a fine for Krüger. The defendant's defense had argued for an acquittal, but a maximum of a fine.
Krüger has several previous convictions - including for bodily harm, receiving stolen property and illegal possession of weapons. In 2011 he was sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence for possessing a submachine gun and the associated ammunition. He was released from prison in 2014.
Krüger sits as a local politician in the municipal council of Gägelow in northwest Mecklenburg. His place of residence in the community, the village of Jamel, has been considered a stronghold of the neo-Nazi scene since the early 1990s. For years there has been a dispute in the town over the “Jamel rocks the forester” festival, a counter-event to the right-wing activities in the village. The organizers of the festival were threatened several times.
There was a dispute in the trial about the legality of the raid. The search during which the weapons were found in 2023 was in connection with a ban by the Federal Ministry of the Interior on the right-wing extremist group “Hammerskins Deutschland”. The Federal Administrative Court has now lifted the ban as unlawful because, in the opinion of the judges, there is no evidence of a nationwide umbrella organization of the “Hammerskins”.
The defense therefore described the raid as illegal. The weapons found should therefore not be used, argued Krüger's defense attorney, Sven Rathjens. After the verdict, neither the defense nor the prosecution wanted to comment on a possible appeal.
Open Questions
- Will the prosecution or defense appeal the verdict?
