On the third day of the trial in the fraud trial of former family minister Sophie Karmasin, everyone waits in the packed grand jury courtroom in Vienna for CASAG lead witness Sabine Beinschab. The mood is tense and gloomy. In particular between the suspect and Chief Public Prosecutor Gregor Adamovic (WKStA). Sabine Beinschab does not mince words as a witness.
A friendship between WKStA Chief Prosecutor Gregor Adamovic and former Minister of Family Affairs Sophie Karmasin will no longer exist. The third day of the pollster’s trial begins with an additional interrogation of the suspect. The Grand Assize Courtroom is full, but much less lit than usual. The mood is gloomy, the conversation between the corruption fighter and Karmasin is ice cold.
“On Day X I Was Empty”
“Ms. Karmasin, is it true that you studied business administration?” Adamovic wants to know in connection with an incorrectly dated invoice from Karmasin after the continued payment. “We’ve already talked about it, it’s hard for me to answer your questions,” Karmasin states that her studies were a long time ago and that she had nothing to do with accounting in the company before: “On day X I was blank !” talked to Adamovic.
Adamovic bursts the collar
Who is well prepared: “Unfortunately, that’s not right”, “Unfortunately, that’s not right either”, “That’s definitely not right”, he comments on Karmasin’s answers every minute. “Would you mind telling me what thoughts I’ve had over the past 15 years?”, “If you had listened carefully,” “I’m saying it now for what feels like the 100th time,” defends the 56-year-old. When she says “apparently you didn’t read the documents properly”, Adamovic gets loud.
“star witness” Leg scraper on the witness stand
At 11:10 a.m. Sabine Beinschab, “key witness” in the CASAG trial, takes a seat on the witness stand. Your survey will take several hours to complete. She uses her appearance for messages to the media. She was not Mrs. Karmasin’s best friend and she had not done any previous studies for Thomas Schmid, but was involved as an employee of Karmasin.
Price agreements and continued payment
The trial against Sophie Karmasin and a co-suspected head of the department of the sports ministry is about orders from the sports department, for which she was allegedly contracted after her political career through illegal price fixing. This is where leg scraping comes into play.
Legshab contradicts Karmasin
“To award her the contract, she asked me to make a settlement proposal. And also asked if I knew anyone else,” says Beinschab. ) bringing it,” Karmasin is said to have said. “I was the idiot,” said Beinschab. “It was a mistake that I did that. I had none of that. It was purely a favor,” the witness explains, stating that Karmasin dictated the price and content. Contrary to Karmasin’s statement, Beinschab is sure that she could have carried out the investigation as well. “Everything she did , can I also.”
Beinschab: ‘She took advantage of me’
Unlike Karmasin, who seems annoyed with the Chief District Attorney, Beinschab is almost overly friendly and cooperative with Judge Patrick Aulebauer, laughing over and over again: “Sophie was my boss, my role model. She also knew that I so saw She took advantage of me accordingly.
The second allegation relates to the continued payment of salary after leaving the ministerial office on December 18, 2017. Karmasin should not have earned anything during the continued payment of salary. The Public Prosecution Service assumes that the former minister also took on odd jobs as a freelancer.
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Source: Krone
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