The court ultimately acquitted AC on Thursday morning. The judgment noted that there was no lack of precaution. After all, the defendant had little room to move and held the Bengali fire for a maximum of three seconds. “It can of course always be said post factum that he would have been better off doing something else or not; in the rear-view mirror one is always right.” According to the judge, the investigation did not show that C. was dancing or laughing.
Furthermore, the judge ruled that the defendant did not cause the fire. “Whether he picked up the torch or not, whether he held it or not, the result was inevitably the same, namely an intense fire and heat development.”
