The convicted Erfurt sports physician Mark S. is free again.
This was confirmed by the responsible public prosecutor's office in Munich I of the German Press Agency on request.
First, the "Thüringer Allgemeine" reported on the dismissal of the doctor.
S. was sentenced to four years and ten months in prison in January 2021 for years of blood doping in athletes and dangerous bodily harm.
He was also banned from working for three years.
“The convict was conditionally released on May 16, 2022.
He is on probation for three years, after which the sentence can and will be waived if all conditions and instructions have been met and there are no new criminal offenses," said the public prosecutor.
S. had built up a doping network over the years, which athletes from different countries and sports used.
The procedure after raids as part of "Operation Aderlass" in Erfurt and during the Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 in Seefeld became public.
In the trial against S. and four of his helpers, all five made confessions, some of which were comprehensive.
In January 2021, the Munich II Regional Court then imposed a prison sentence on the doctor for violations of the Medicines Act, the unauthorized use of doping methods in sport and dangerous bodily harm.
Since S. has served two thirds of the sentence, taking into account the detention on remand, the remaining prison time has now been released, as the public prosecutor announced.