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DORTMUND, Germany: A German court sentenced a Russian-German man to 14 years in prison on Tuesday 27 November for blowing up a bomb on the bus of the Borussia Dortmund (BVB) football team in 2017 as part of a of a ploy to earn money. one of the players of the club.
The defendant, identified as Sergej Wenergold, admitted to having organized the roadside attack in April 2017, while stating that he wanted to earn money rather than injuring or wounding him. kill anyone.
He had been charged with 28 counts of attempted murder, grievous bodily harm and explosion. The team was heading to the stadium – the largest in Germany with a capacity of 80,000 – for a Champions League match against AS Monaco when the bomb exploded. Defender Marc Bartra was injured in the arm and the match was delayed one day.
The defendant expressed deep regret for what he had done, saying that he had not wanted to hurt anyone. His lawyer stated that he had planned the attack in such a way as to cause a fall in BVB's share price which he could profit from.
Prosecutors, who wanted him to be jailed for life, had claimed that the defendant had bought for the day of the attack options worth 44,000 euros (49,800 USD) that He could have sold for profit if the stock price had fallen.
In fact, BVB shares rose after the attack. The club's shares also climbed 2.7% on Monday after the club's last Bundesliga victory.
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