The public prosecutor’s office has stopped the investigation against Magdeburg’s handball goalkeeper Portner. There was no evidence of a violation of the anti-doping law. The case is not closed.
The criminal investigation against handball goalkeeper Nikola Portner on suspicion of violating the anti-doping law has been discontinued by the Magdeburg public prosecutor’s office. SC Magdeburg announced this on Monday (April 22, 2024) through its lawyer Prof. Rainer Tarek Cherkeh. “According to the public prosecutor’s office, there is no evidence that the accused has violated the anti-doping law or the narcotics law,” says the statement from the Champion League winner. Accordingly, the investigations were ended due to a lack of suspicion.
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Nada: Difference between sports law and criminal law
Information about the opening of the B sample is expected soon after methamphetamines were discovered in the Swiss during a positive competition test. Methamphetamines are synthetically produced substances that are colloquially known as crystal meth. “In terms of criminal law and sports law, there are two different approaches. That is of course a different way of looking at things,” said spokeswoman Eva Bunthoff from the National Anti Doping Agency Germany (Nada) to the German Press Agency on Monday.
“According to current knowledge, the measured concentration level is a fraction of a typical intake of this substance,” Cherkeh had previously announced. The club and the executive committee of the Handball Bundesliga have suspended Portner until the matter has been finally clarified.
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