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Munich (dpa) - The German anti-doping fighters feel encouraged by the verdict against the doctor Mark S. in their efforts for a clean top-class sport.
“We saw two years of investigations by the public prosecutor's office, which have now resulted in the conviction of the doctor and his accomplices.
This is an important signal, ”said board member and chief legal officer Lars Mortsiefer from the National Anti-Doping Agency (Nada).
He announced that he would use the findings from the first major criminal law suit in top German sport to investigate other athletes.
The district court Munich II, which sentenced Mark S. to a prison term of four years and ten months, encouraged the doping hunters.
With the anti-doping law of 2015, the legislature made it clear that sport is very important as an integrative element in society, said chairwoman judge Marion Tischler in her concluding remarks on the verdict.
According to the findings of this procedure, doping is "something that is not an inevitable part of top-class sport," she said.
"Against this background, the fight against doping is important."
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Even if, above all, the defense of the main defendant Mark S. constantly indicated that every top athlete was doped, this claim could not be upheld, at least from a criminal law perspective.
"The sentence" Everyone does doping "is wrong," said Tischler.
And this assumption certainly does not mitigate punishment.
The judge referred to “stoner trials” or proceedings against fare dodgers and shoplifters: Just because such crimes may be committed en masse, whoever is caught will still be punished.
However, the criminal chamber made an appeal to doping control officers: On the one hand, witness statements made it clear in the process that athletes can often relatively easily prevent being caught.
And with regard to blood doping, Tischler could not understand why checks are not simply looked for suspicious puncture sites on the athletes.
«Why doesn't anyone look in the crook of their arm?
You look at that with every fixer, ”she said.
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