Friday, January 13, 2012

3ft 8in prosecutor sues witness who laughed at her size in the dock

A lawyer just 3ft 8in tall is suing a witness who spent his time in the dock laughing at her height.



Wadim Golanev, 25, doubled up in hysterics when he saw prosecutor Silke ­Schoenfleisch-Backofen. He was laughing so much he couldn’t answer her ­questions. Instead he pointed at her and sang “Heigh-ho heigh-ho!” from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

But as he left the witness box at Frankfurt State Court he was handed a summons to appear next month over his “obscene insults” towards Schoenfleisch-Backofen, 29. Known as a “power frau” — a mighty woman — she is regarded as one of Germany’s toughest prosecutors.



She became a lawyer so that she could sue the health ministry after failing to get into medical school because of her size. And Schoenfleisch-Backofen is a leading figure in the Federal Association of Small People and Their ­Families.

2 comments:

Art said...

Just thought I'd point out that her name translates to "Nice meat - oven"

Anonymous said...

The head of hair of a 25 year old Russian.