The 12th Criminal Chamber of the Bochum district court granted an application from Sapinas lawyers. The bail was set at 50,000 euros. The 35-year-old Croat, alleged key figure in the biggest match-fixing scandal of European football history, was sitting since November 2009 in Bochum in the prison custody.
The court honored that Sapinas cooperative behavior during the process. The verdict against Sapina, who was convicted in 2005 as a result of the proceedings against referee Robert Hoyzer to two years and eleven months imprisonment, should be made in May. The presiding judge Wolfgang Mittrup Sapina gave a stark warning for the journey into the unexpected Easter holiday.
"One thing is clear, Mr Sapina, we give you a chance. If you think you could go underground or get out - do not worry: The police and prosecutors will find you, and then an end to benefits, "said Mittrup the accused in his usual hemdsärmliger Art Sapina wanted after his release on the advice of his .
attorneys do not comment, his lawyer Stefan Conen said: "Mr Sapina is such an intelligent man, that he will use this opportunity." The release is subject to strict conditions. Sapina must be at his residence in Berlin three times a week report to the police and must not leave Germany. Longer travel within Germany, he must apply.
His stay identification card and his passport confiscated. In fact, he had Sapina also in the course of the 8th Day of negotiations, presented as a model defendant. He came all claims, which it collects or against a London bookmaker, from his lawyer Conen. It's about 1.5 million euros, which are still in an account of the bookmaker in the Isle of Man and have been sent so far not as expected at the court office in Bochum.
The prosecution is concerned that the bookmaker will not transfer the money as originally promised, so that fraud victims can be compensated, but that the company reserves for possible recourse against Sapina in the hindquarters. Prosecutor Matthew Rohde cited on Friday the Munich prosecutor of the betting agency, Thomas Creates the company was "very upset" about the description of the group in the process by Sapina.
The Croat had claimed in his extensive confession, the London company had over large parts of its machinations have been inaugurated. Creates declined to comment on request not initially on the reasons why the money has not arrived in Bochum. Conen insured, citing his lawyer's oath that he all the money he may receive from the Isle of Man, immediately forward it to the court fund.
Sapina and his accomplices had carried out a Großtei their scams on the specialized on the Asian market London bookmaker. The year before their arrest, the band made to the defendants Sapina, Marijo C. and Ivan P. alone at that company at an almost unbelievable sales of 32 million € whopping 3.5 million euro net profit.
Sapina could legally do to the authorities, the claims against the company still maintains. 
The court honored that Sapinas cooperative behavior during the process. The verdict against Sapina, who was convicted in 2005 as a result of the proceedings against referee Robert Hoyzer to two years and eleven months imprisonment, should be made in May. The presiding judge Wolfgang Mittrup Sapina gave a stark warning for the journey into the unexpected Easter holiday.
"One thing is clear, Mr Sapina, we give you a chance. If you think you could go underground or get out - do not worry: The police and prosecutors will find you, and then an end to benefits, "said Mittrup the accused in his usual hemdsärmliger Art Sapina wanted after his release on the advice of his .
attorneys do not comment, his lawyer Stefan Conen said: "Mr Sapina is such an intelligent man, that he will use this opportunity." The release is subject to strict conditions. Sapina must be at his residence in Berlin three times a week report to the police and must not leave Germany. Longer travel within Germany, he must apply.
His stay identification card and his passport confiscated. In fact, he had Sapina also in the course of the 8th Day of negotiations, presented as a model defendant. He came all claims, which it collects or against a London bookmaker, from his lawyer Conen. It's about 1.5 million euros, which are still in an account of the bookmaker in the Isle of Man and have been sent so far not as expected at the court office in Bochum.
The prosecution is concerned that the bookmaker will not transfer the money as originally promised, so that fraud victims can be compensated, but that the company reserves for possible recourse against Sapina in the hindquarters. Prosecutor Matthew Rohde cited on Friday the Munich prosecutor of the betting agency, Thomas Creates the company was "very upset" about the description of the group in the process by Sapina.
The Croat had claimed in his extensive confession, the London company had over large parts of its machinations have been inaugurated. Creates declined to comment on request not initially on the reasons why the money has not arrived in Bochum. Conen insured, citing his lawyer's oath that he all the money he may receive from the Isle of Man, immediately forward it to the court fund.
Sapina and his accomplices had carried out a Großtei their scams on the specialized on the Asian market London bookmaker. The year before their arrest, the band made to the defendants Sapina, Marijo C. and Ivan P. alone at that company at an almost unbelievable sales of 32 million € whopping 3.5 million euro net profit.
Sapina could legally do to the authorities, the claims against the company still maintains.
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