Former chaplain jailed for 7.5 years in beating of German civilian
By MARCUS KLOECKNER AND STEVEN BEARDSLEY
Stars and Stripes
Published: October 13, 2011
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — A former U.S. Army chaplain could serve 7 1/2 years in prison after a German court convicted him of attempted manslaughter stemming from an attack outside a bar in Garmisch-Partenkirchen earlier this year.
Capt. Joseph Allen Parker, 34, of the 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Separate Infantry Brigade in Grafenwöhr, was convicted and sentenced Oct. 4 in Munich. He is determining whether he can appeal, according to his private counsel, Munich attorney Christian Gerber.
Gerber argued in court that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from a tour in Iraq explained Parker’s violent attack on another bar patron. But that attack was out of character, Gerber said.
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