Jens Lehmann has been fined €135,000 after chainsaw incident in his hometown at Starnberg way back in July 2022.
Jens Lehmann has been fined €135,000 (£113,000) by a court in his hometown of Starnberg for damaging his neighbour’s garage with a chainsaw.
Lehmann was first fined €420,000 (£351,000) for the July 2022 incident when the public prosecutor accused him of chopping off a roof beam in the garage. The amount was subsequently lowered upon appeal.
“Mr Lehmann accepts responsibility. He has come to an agreement with his neighbour,” German media quoted Lehmann’s lawyer Florian Ufer as saying following Friday’s decision. Lehmann, who was also accused of avoiding payment of parking fees at Munich airport, has now paid them, Ufer added.
Judge Tanja Walter said that the 54-year-old had “consistently portrayed himself as a victim of the justice system”, but added that he was “not a victim, he is a perpetrator”. Stefan Kreutzer, the public prosecutor, added that Lehmann’s behaviour proved “that he obviously believes he is above the law”.
Earlier this year, Lehmann bought the branding rights to ‘the Invincibles’, completing the purchase of the trademark used for Arsenal’s unbeaten Premier League title-winning season of 2003-04 before its 20th anniversary.