1 of 1 The court also ordered the confiscation of fivedigit euro amounts — Photo: Picture Alliance/DPA/Via DW The court also ordered the confiscation of fivedigit euro amounts — Photo: Picture Alliance/DPA/Via DW
A regional court in the city of Ingolstadt in the German state of Bavaria on Friday (16th) sentenced two people to prison for deceiving people with terminal cancer. The two promised a “miracle cure” for the disease.
The supplier of the alleged drug, a 68yearold man, was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison. A 57yearold naturopath who prescribed the product was sentenced to three years in prison for involvement in the coup. However, the sentences imposed were less than those prosecutors, who wanted the defendants to have prison terms ranging from three years to 10 months and eight years.
The two had promoted the drug BGMun and stated that it could quickly cure cancer without presenting any evidence of this effect.
“Cura” cost up to 6,000 euros
According to the judge who delivered the verdict, the patients paid around 6,000 euros (R$31,600) for the drug and even gave up conventional treatment, as they firmly believed in the miracle cure.
The court also ordered the confiscation of fivedigit euro amounts in order to deprive the defendants of the proceeds from the sale of the alleged miracle cure.
The case was made public in a report by TV Stern on RTL. A researcher from the University of Bremen described the actions of the accused as “profit” from the suffering of desperate patients.
The process lasted two years and was the longest process to date before the Ingolstadt district court.
However, the court emphasized that the case and the judgments should not generally discredit the work of naturopaths.
“The lawsuit has nothing to do with naturopathy as such,” the judge said.