An Italian who spat on the corpse of his mother for his unhappy childhood has been fined by a Swiss court for “disturbing the peace of the dead,” Swiss news wire ATS reported.
The man, who had spat on his dead mother at a hospital morgue in northern Switzerland, had told the court that he did it out of hate for his mother, who had often hit him while he was a child.
However, Swiss laws prohibit people from “profaning ... a human cadaver.”
The district court of Zurich therefore fined the 31-year-old man 400 francs (NT$12,330) and sentenced him to a suspended term of 180 days at 90 francs a day.
Under Swiss rules, such terms allow the convict to choose to either to spend the relevant period in jail, or pay up the specified sum.
In this case, given the suspended term of five years, the Italian could avoid paying the fine or serving time altogether if he proves to be on good behavior during the probation period of five years.(AFP)
外電《瑞士通訊社》報導，一名童年不快樂的義大利男子朝母親遺體吐口水，結果被瑞士法院以「妨礙死者安寧」判處罰款。
這名男子在瑞士北部一間醫院的太平間對他母親的遺體吐口水，他在法院上供稱，他這樣做是出於對母親的怨恨，因為他年幼時經常被母親毆打。
然而，瑞士法律禁止人民「褻瀆…人類屍體」。
因此，蘇黎世地方法院判罰這名三十一歲的男子四百法郎（新台幣一萬兩千三百三十元）及拘役一百八十天，得易科罰金一天九十法郎。
根據瑞士法律規定，判刑確定的罪犯可選擇入獄服刑至期滿，或是繳清刑期折合的罰款。
在這個案例中，這名義大利男子被判緩刑五年，但五年緩刑期間若表現良好，就得以免繳罰金和入獄服刑。
（法新社╱翻譯：袁星塵）
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