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‘Germany’s worst neighbour’ faces court

An elderly German man with a penchant for urinating in plant pots, verbal harassment and nudity has been outed by a popular tabloid as the “country's worst neighbour”. He faces multiple court charges for his anti-social antics.

'Germany's worst neighbour' faces court
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The Bild newspaper has dubbed the 75-year-old Frankfurt resident “Terror-Günter” for his dedication to making his neighbours’ lives as difficult as possible.

The ex-truck driver, identified only as Günter D., has been accused of calling his neighbours prostitutes and scrawling lewd graffiti in their building’s communal areas.

Residents also said they had spotted him on multiple occasions relieving himself into the flowers.

Dagmar Schuck, one of the nightmare neighbour’s victims, told the paper the man repeatedly called her house to moan at her on the phone. “In January alone he rang me 284 times,” said Schuck, who had recorded the man’s antics over several months.

Schuck’s 90-year-old mother said she once saw Günter D. running through the building completely naked, shoving mouldy bread into residents’ letterboxes. Another elderly woman was reportedly so terrified of him, that she fled the building and moved in with her son.

Günter D. flatly denies terrorizing his neighbours. “I’ve not done anything or offended anyone,” he told the newspaper.

The 75-year-old pensioner has already appeared in court for drink driving and was sacked from his truck driver position in 2011 after driving with a blood alcohol level of 1.3.

The residents may yet get the last laugh, as Germany’s “worst neighbour”

will soon be hauled up in court to face charges of disturbing the peace, damaging property and making threats, chief prosecutor Doris Möller-Scheu told Bild.

The Local/jcw

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Aide to German far-right MEP arrested on suspicion of spying for China

An aide to a German far-right politician standing in June's European Union elections has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, German prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Aide to German far-right MEP arrested on suspicion of spying for China

The man, named only as Jian G., stands accused of sharing information about negotiations at European Parliament with a Chinese intelligence service and of spying on Chinese opposition figures in Germany, federal prosecutors said in a statement.

On the website of the European Parliament, Jian Guo is listed as an accredited assistant to MEP Maximilian Krah, the far-right AfD party’s lead candidate in the forthcoming EU-wide elections.

He is a German national who has reportedly worked as an aide to Krah in Brussels since 2019.

The suspect “is an employee of a Chinese secret service”, prosecutors said.

“In January 2024, the accused repeatedly passed on information about negotiations and decisions in the European Parliament to his intelligence service client.

“He also spied on Chinese opposition members in Germany for the intelligence service.”

The suspect was arrested in the eastern German city of Dresden on Monday and his homes were searched, they added.

The accused lives in both Dresden and Brussels, according to broadcasters ARD, RBB and SWR, who broke the news about the arrest.

The AfD said the allegations were “very disturbing”.

“As we have no further information on the case, we must wait for further investigations by federal prosecutors,” party spokesman Michael Pfalzgraf said in a statement.

The case is likely to fuel concern in the West about aggressive Chinese espionage.

It comes after Germany on Monday arrested three German nationals suspected of spying for China by providing access to secret maritime technology.

READ ALSO: Germany arrests three suspected of spying for China

China’s embassy in Berlin “firmly” rejected the allegations, according to Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.

According to German media, the two cases are not connected.

In Britain on Monday, two men were charged with handing over “articles, notes, documents or information” to China between 2021 and last year.

Police named the men as Christopher Berry, 32, and Christoper Cash, 29, who previously worked at the UK parliament as a researcher.

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