10 November,2016 08:00 AM IST | | AFP
Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann yesterday dodged a 240,000-euro ($263,000) fine, which was reduced to 42,500 euros, when he appeared in a Bavarian court on charges involving two separate driving incidents
Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann. Pic/AFP
Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann. Pic/AFP
Berlin: Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann yesterday dodged a 240,000-euro ($263,000) fine, which was reduced to 42,500 euros, when he appeared in a Bavarian court on charges involving two separate driving incidents.
The 46-year-old was initially accused of coercion and attempted bodily harm after allegedly grabbing another driver by the throat in a roadside dispute in November 2014 in Starnberg, 30 kilometres south of Munich.
With his two lawyers alongside him, Lehmann told the court in Starnberg that he had felt threatened by the other driver during the motorway incident.
"I felt that he wanted to ram me, I was frightened to death," he said.
