Stuttgart: Porsche manager must be released

Due to the danger of theft, he had to go to jail, but this should now change: the arrest after a raid as part of the diesel scandal to the Porsche manager should be released again. According to the information of SPIEGEL, it is the boss of the engine of the case, Jörg Kerner.

The Public Prosecutor's Office has requested the release of Kerner from the Stuttgart District Court. The arrest warrant should not be lifted, said a spokesman for the prosecution. "The reasons persist in our opinion, but we believe that the mandate may be accompanied by conditions other than the execution."

The defenders of the director had previously complained to the district court of Stuttgart, they stopped before the prosecutor but now the application of return. The Porsche Group has not commented on the request so far.

According to prosecutors, one of the strict requirements is that the manager must surrender his pbadport and not leave the country. In addition, he shall not show any contact with other defendants in diesel proceedings against Porsche and Audi and not record to witnesses or potential witnesses . De facto, this should also exclude other jobs as a Porsche manager.

The District Court still has to decide on the application. Kerner was arrested after a search operation at Porsche in April and has since been due to a robbery and a blackout in remand.

Porsche's diesels investigations are directed against a total of three accused. In addition to Kerner, the judiciary also has a current executive board of Porsche AG and a former employee in the sites. It is the suspicion of fraud and punishable advertising. Background are the manipulations of the exhaust gas purification of diesel cars at the automaker. Porsche rejects the allegations.