A Geneva police officer has been given an 18-month suspended prison sentence for firing his service weapon inside the police station on Boulevard Carl-Vogt while drunk.
In all he fired seven shots at the rubbish bin. One of his colleagues was injured by a ricochet.
Despite being drunk, the officer then took his colleague to the hospital in a police car, using the lights and sirens.
The shooting was two years ago, but a court has just handed down the sentence.
He’d already been sacked.
Court backs school ban for non-residents
The courts have backed Geneva's move to ban kids who live in France from attending schools in the canton.
ETH Zurich makes hospital bug breakthrough
There may be hope in the fight against hospital infections, following a breakthrough at the EHT University in Zurich.
SSR/SRG complaints soar
Complaints against the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation are soaring in the run up to the vote which will decide if the licence fee should be slashed.
Soral residents want border closure
Residents of the Geneva commune of Soral are raising the alarm over growing traffic problems linked to the Soral II border crossing.
The Jonction park finally gets green light
After ten years of debate, the Jonction park project is finally moving.
Crans Montana to donate CHF 1m to victim fund
Crans-Montana is to donate a million francs to a fund to help the victims of the New Year’s fire.
