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Osnabrück (dpa / lni) - The Osnabrück regional court overturned a judgment against the former wind power entrepreneur Hendrik Holt from mid-October.

A court spokesman announced this on Wednesday when asked.

Accordingly, Holt had appealed his sentencing to two years and six months imprisonment for fraud.

The regional court closed the appeal proceedings by decision of December 16.

«The termination decision leads to the termination of the proceedings without a judgment.

In such a case, the judgment of the first instance no longer has any effect, ”said the spokesman.

The "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung" had initially reported on the reversal of the judgment.

According to the spokesman, the reason for the termination of the appeal proceedings (Az .: 7 Ns 161/20) is that the indictment from the public prosecutor's office was insufficient.

According to the regional court, information on the allegations was missing.

"From the point of view of the chamber, this was a major procedural obstacle, which has now led to the termination of the proceedings," said the spokesman.

The public prosecutor's office in Osnabrück has lodged a complaint against the decision with the Higher Regional Court of Oldenburg, as a spokesman for the public prosecutor said.

The court decides whether the proceedings were rightly closed.

Regardless of this, the public prosecutor's office could submit a new indictment and initiate renewed criminal proceedings for the same events, according to the spokesman for the Osnabrück Regional Court.

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The process was about contracts that Holt is said to have signed with no intention of paying the costs.

According to the public prosecutor's office, the total damage was around 600,000 euros.

The Osnabrück public prosecutor's office is investigating the former entrepreneur on account of numerous allegations.

He and other accused are said to have deceived and harmed investors with bogus wind farm projects.

The damage should amount to more than ten million euros.

It is so far unclear when charges will be brought in this complex.