After the acquittal of the confessed doping sinner Stefan Schumacher from the allegation of fraud against Hans-Michael Holczer [Schumacher is said to have knowingly lied to Holczer during the Tour de France 2008 and thus fraudulently obtained three months' salary - Link], the Stuttgart public prosecutor filed an appeal today. As the deputy press spokesman Jan Dietzel told the dpa announced, the decision is based on the violation of procedural and substantive law. However, the public prosecutor's office now wants to wait for the written reasons for the judgment of the Stuttgart Regional Court before the revision is to be pushed forward.
This procedure is based on the one-week right of objection of the public prosecutor's office. If the grounds for the judgment actually offer opportunities for revision, the public prosecutor will ultimately pursue them. Dietzel said they wanted to keep the option open.