By Anne Losensky
He drove drunk in the Mercedes SUV over three sleeping homeless people at the Zoo station. He doesn’t have to go to prison: the Tiergarten district court sentenced Refail A. (26) from Neukölln to one and a half years in prison, but suspended the sentence on probation.
He is also said to do 100 hours of community service and pay €3,600 to a homeless man who had a leg amputated.
Sunday 26th July 2020. Not much going on in City West. At 7.20 a.m., a Mercedes Benz GLK 220 curves from Joachimsthaler Straße into Hardenbergstraße at over 65 km/h: 2.4 tons, 170 hp. At the wheel: Refail A., born in Berlin, Kosovo passport, Hartz IV, no driver’s license, after a night of drinking at least 1 per thousand alcohol in the blood. The SUV hits a pole. Hit three sleeping homeless people on the sidewalk. Overturns a concrete foot traffic light, stops at a mailbox holder.
people in court
The process has been running since July 5, 2022. “Fortunately, no one died,” said the accused. During the trial, he asked forgiveness from the injured. According to him, he had a fight with his girlfriend.
The car belonged to her father. Because he was under the influence of alcohol, he misjudged and lost control of the vehicle, according to judge Sascha Daue: “65 to 68 km/h were simply too much for this curve.” Speak for him that he had no criminal record, was partially confessed and repentant.
Were convicted of intentional endangerment of road traffic, negligent bodily harm in five cases and driving without a license. A two-year driver’s license suspension was also imposed.