The prosecution continues to see the indecent assault and light bodily harm committed by the evangelical pastor as proven, and in its appeal, the motion to overturn the very mild first-degree verdict.
The Chief Prosecutor's Office of the Capital City has submitted its appeal against the first-instance verdict in the case of László Donáth
reported by Mandiner , the father of Momentumos EP representative Donáth Anna was reported by an employee of Gaudiopolis Békásmegyeri Evangelical Charity for sexual harassment and light physical assault. According to her claim, the evangelical minister approached her sexually on several occasions years ago, held her hostage and made offers to her. In one case, he strangled her in connection with a conflict.
In February of last year, the prosecutor's office brought charges against the former MSZP member of parliament for minor bodily injury and continued indecent assault.
The court found the ex-politician guilty and sentenced him to one and a half years in prison, the execution of which was suspended for two and a half years of probation.
However, Donáth did not accept the decision and asked for a hearing. In September of last year, he also gave a short confession, in which he denied committing the crimes, only admitting that in the specific case, he was angry at the victim for leaving his cleaning cart in the wrong place in the corridor.
The Budapest II.-III. The district court finally announced its first-instance verdict , in which it significantly reduced Donáth's sentence.
He found the evangelical minister guilty only of defamation, and he terminated the criminal proceedings for the continuous indecent assault, as, according to his opinion, the victim's private initiative was lacking. The court sentenced the former member of parliament to a fine of six hundred thousand forints in total.
The defendant accepted the verdict, but the prosecutor already indicated at the hearing that he would appeal against the decision, partly due to a wrong legal classification, and in order to impose a suspended prison sentence for the pronouncement and execution of the guilt indicated in the indictment.
The Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office acting in the second instance upheld the appeal of the district prosecutor's office with modifications, taking into account the content of the written judgment, and proposed that the Metropolitan Court annul the first-instance judgment and order a new procedure in the II instance acting in the first instance. and III. District Court.
The reason for the motion for a repeated procedure is that the court did not establish any facts at all in the part of the procedure for the offense of continuous indecent assault, which is a legal obligation even if the procedure is terminated. For this reason, the judgment is unfounded to such an extent that it could not be rectified in the second instance proceedings.
In addition, the motion gives detailed reasons why, according to the prosecution's point of view, there is no place for termination in the case of indecent assault, Bettina Bagoly wrote in her reply to Maniner, adding that, based on the available evidence, the Attorney General's Office also sees the offense of light bodily harm as proven, therefore in this also considers the finding of guilt justified.
Source: Mandarin
Picture: Márton Ficsor