The court sentenced the man who committed the act to 240 hours of community service, and fined his accomplice Ft 150,000.

The verdict is open to appeal. The prosecutor has asked for more severe sentences for both men.

It turned out that the two men did not carry out their act to express a political opinion but probably to ask media outlets for cash for the video of the incident, Index writes.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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