SF: Partial acquittal for editor-in-chief Haldimann
The Zurich District Court has convicted SF editor-in-chief Ueli Haldimann and four employees of multiple wiretapping and recording of other people's conversations. The case concerned Kassensturz reports from December 2006 and February 2007, in which the working methods of plastic surgeons were documented with a hidden camera.
SF editor-in-chief Ueli Haldimann and four employees have been found guilty by the Zurich District Court of multiple counts of eavesdropping and recording other people's conversations in connection with hidden camera reports on the subject of cosmetic surgery on "Kassensturz". However, they were acquitted on the charge of trespassing.
All five defendants were sentenced to conditional fines. For Haldimann, this amounts to around CHF 8,000, as spokesman David Affentranger told SDA on request. According to Affentranger, the total amounts for the other four defendants are between around CHF 1,000 and CHF 5,000. Prosecutor Lukas Wehrli had requested conditional fines of 10 to 30 daily rates of varying amounts as well as fines. For Haldimann, he demanded 30 daily sentences of 560 francs each - a total of 16,800 francs. According to the press release, Schweizer Fernsehen is considering an appeal to the Zurich High Court.
All five defendants were sentenced to conditional fines. For Haldimann, this amounts to around CHF 8,000, as spokesman David Affentranger told SDA on request. According to Affentranger, the total amounts for the other four defendants are between around CHF 1,000 and CHF 5,000. Prosecutor Lukas Wehrli had requested conditional fines of 10 to 30 daily rates of varying amounts as well as fines. For Haldimann, he demanded 30 daily sentences of 560 francs each - a total of 16,800 francs. According to the press release, Schweizer Fernsehen is considering an appeal to the Zurich High Court.
Previous case pending in Strasbourg
This was not the first time Haldimann had found himself in court for secretly recording
to answer for. In 2006, the Dielsdorf district court acquitted
came. This judgment, which was opened shortly before the new recordings
The defendants also appealed. However, the first-instance verdict was overturned by the Zurich High Court and the Federal Supreme Court, both of which found the defendants guilty. The case is pending in Strasbourg.
