The case caused a nationwide sensation: a top manager was attacked in 2018 and burned with acid. The man accused of the crime has since been convicted and is now appealing.
Wuppertal – The acid attack on top manager Bernhard Günther in Haan near Düsseldorf will concern the Federal Court of Justice (BGH).
The defense attorney for the 42-year-old, who was sentenced to twelve years in prison last week as one of the assassins, has appealed the verdict, the spokesman for the Wuppertal district court said on Friday when asked by the dpa. The district court of Wuppertal had convicted the Belgian of intentionally causing serious and dangerous bodily harm. The accused had protested his innocence until the last day of the trial.
The now 55-year-old top manager Günther was attacked by two men near his house in Haan near Wuppertal on March 4, 2018, he was showered with highly concentrated sulfuric acid and severely burned. A glove with DNA traces from the Belgian was found at the crime scene. The man’s explanation that the gloves had been stolen from him and placed at the scene of the crime as a false lead did not convince the court.
At the time of the attack, Günther was CFO of the then RWE subsidiary Innogy. At that time, the takeover of Innogy by Eon was imminent. Günther suspects that someone in his professional environment at the time who ordered the acid attack was someone who wanted to eliminate him as a competitor. dpa
