Published: 8:43AM Saturday February 21, 2009
Source: Reuters
Source: ONE News
A German court found a dentist guilty of assault for forcibly extracting the dentures from a patient who did not pay a bill.
Chirin Kolb, a reporter for the Suedwest Presse newspaper, said the dentist, 57, apologised to the municipal court in Neu-Ulm after he was fined 6,000 euros for going to the woman's home and taking the false teeth from her mouth.
"His lawyer read a statement expressing remorse and he apologised, saying he just blew a fuse because he was under a lot of professional and personal stress," Kolb told Reuters.
He was trying to collect 700 euros ($880) not covered by her insurance.
The woman appeared in court with no teeth and said she did not want to wear dentures again because of the distress the incident had caused.
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