Before the District Court of Augsburg the trial of the former arms lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber will be reopened today. Schreiber had been sentenced to eight years in prison in May 2010 due to tax evasion. After a review of both the 78-Jährigen and the public prosecutor's Office, the Supreme Court but ordered to new roll up the first trial before a different Chamber of the Court.

Scribes used a network of bribes over the years and was the key figure in the CDU Parteispendenaffäre the year 2000 lot getretenen. In may he had to be released from prison for health reasons, he had suffered a heart attack in custody.