Mannheim police officers sentenced to high fines for animal cruelty. One of the two officers must pay a fine of 14,000 euros.
The 41-year-old was also banned from dealing with animals for two years. The officers were accused of having beaten service horses to a considerable extent in several cases, including with a riding crop, torturing them with a sack full of canned goods and putting pepper paste on the feeding trough. The defendants rejected the allegations at the start of the trial.