This morning, the judge at the Frederiksberg court acquitted Morten Messersmeet, leader of the Danish People’s Party, of charges of falsifying documents and defrauding the European Union of 98,325 Danish kroner in a seven-year-old case (justification for the acquittal decision below).
After the verdict was issued, the prosecutor outside the Fredericksburg court said he had not yet decided whether to appeal, and that there were 28 pages of rulings that he had to read first.
The issue that has troubled Morten Messersmette and his party dates back to the summer of 2015 when Messersmette applied for money to attend the European Union conference, which was scheduled to be held in conjunction with the Danish People's Party's summer group meeting in Skagen in August 2015.
The whole affair revolved around whether there was indeed a European Union conference organized by the European Political Society Meld, which Messerschmitt chaired; or whether money had been used to pay part of the fees for the Danish People's Party's summer group meeting, in violation of EU rules stating that EU aid cannot be used for local national parties.
A great victory for Messersmit
Morten Messersmitt's former assistant, who was accused of forgery in the case, was also acquitted.
As a result, the state treasury must pay the costs of the case, according to the ruling issued by the head of the court, Soren Hafström.
According to an expert's opinion for TV2, Morten Messerschmitt is expected to actively use the acquittal in his attempt to revive the Danish People's Party after its significant decline in popularity, and this case has been haunting him for seven years.
Justification for the acquittal decision
The presiding judge, Søren Hafström, explained that he, the other judge in the case, and all three judges agreed with the decision. resolution This means that the non-implementation of the EU activity for which Messersmit took money has not been confirmed.
It is worth noting that a previous ruling had already been issued convicting Messersmitt and sentencing him to six months' probation when the case was brought to Lyngby Magistrates' Court in August of last year, where a judge unanimously found that the Messersmitt conference had not been formally or actually held. However, this ruling was overturned because of the judge's interaction with a post about Messersmitt on social media, which caused doubts about whether the judge was competent. Consequently, the case was reconsidered and the ruling was issued in Fredericksburg Magistrates' Court, which issued the acquittal this morning.
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