German prosecutors seek jail terms in VW 'dieselgate' trial

About three and a half years after the start of the trial for manipulated exhaust gas values at VW, the trial turns to the straight line. The prosecution sees the accused former top managers convicted of the allegations. These are so serious that probation sentences were not sufficient in all cases.

After more than three and a half years, another trial on the VW gas scandal is slowly coming to an end, demanding that three former VW executives go to prison for several years.

More than three and a half years of trial with 168 days of negotiations and around 150 witnesses: At the end of the huge Braunschweig fraud procedure for the VW diesel affair, the prosecution wants to prison sentences.

German prosecutors seek jail terms in VW 'dieselgate' trial

German prosecutors asked for jail sentences Friday in the trial of four former Volkswagen managers accused of fraud in the "dieselgate" emissions-cheating scandal.

Because of the diesel scandal, the automaker has already paid billions of fines, and now several former employees are facing prison sentences.

Almost ten years after Volkswagen became aware of the diesel manipulations, the prosecutor's office is demanding prison sentences for the four defendants. They are said to have been responsible for the deception in exhaust gas tests.