Thomas Middelhoff, here at the sentencing hearing before the District Court of Essen
The former top manager Thomas Middelhoff can hope to be discharged from custody. The arrest warrant against Middelhoff had been released from custody, the district court Essen said on Monday.
However, the Court also adopted regulations that still must be met before a parole Middelhoff. For details, did not want to call a court spokesman. Since the decision of the Trial Chamber first Middelhoff must be made known, no further details could be notified first, it was said. This would be done at the earliest on Tuesday.
The former CEO of Bertelsmann and Arcandor sitting for nearly four months in custody. The district court had convicted him of food for embezzlement and tax evasion to three years in prison without parole and arrest in the courtroom.
The decision is not yet final. The Federal Supreme Court is expected to decide in a few months about his revision against it. Several complaints against the prison were initially unsuccessful because of risk of flight.
Middelhoff suffering from an autoimmune disease that occurred after presentation of his lawyers while in custody and was initially only treated inadequately. Middelhoff had been subjected to sleep deprivation in custody for weeks that have weakened his immune system, so the defense. He is currently the treatment in a clinic in Essen.
The manager said to have excellent contacts abroad, inter alia, to France and the United States. Even offered as close friends and family members Middelhoff’s a deposit of almost 900,000 euros, the judges have so far been hard.
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