Prosecutor accuses Schaffhausen football fans of perfidious plan
Published: Monday, Jan 22nd 2024, 12:20
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The public prosecutor believes that a misogynistic chant by Schaffhausen fans crossed a red line. A social problem had escalated. The defense lawyers spoke of provocation among football fans.
The slogan "Winti Fraue figgä und verhaue" is no longer the usual provocation, but an incitement to violence, the public prosecutor stated at the Zurich High Court on Monday.
The Schaffhausen fans had a perfidious plan. At the derby in the "powder keg" of the Winterthur Schützenwiese, it would not have taken much for the "extremely aggressive fan community" to carry it out. He accused the lower court, which had acquitted all the accused, of "naïve tolerance".
The defenders argued that the banner was only intended to provoke the Winterthur fan curve. Nobody would have taken the request seriously and used violence against Winterthur women. The slogan was not relevant under criminal law, even if it was "outrageous" and a "primitive insult".
Urs Fischer wanted on the gallows
One defender brought up an example from his youth, when GC fans wished FC Zurich captain Urs Fischer to the gallows. It would never have occurred to anyone to act on the verbal provocation. One defense lawyer advised the prosecutor to attend football matches more often in order to get an idea of the situation. Another said that the public prosecutor's office had only opened criminal proceedings due to public pressure.
The misogynistic slogan against "any Winterthur women" was a reaction to a Winterthur banner in the first leg in Schaffhausen, the lawyers stated. They said that the Winterthur women's team attracted more spectators than the FCS. The defendants had already been punished, for example with stadium bans or expulsion from the fan organization, the lawyers stated.
The senior judges will open the verdicts at 3 pm.
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