FOX News: Austrian court upholds Baumgartner's conviction, fine for punching truck driver

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Austrian court upholds Baumgartner's conviction, fine for punching truck driver Nov 6th 2012, 14:59 Published November 06, 2012 Associated Press Oct. 27, 2012: Austria's Felix Baumgartner during a press conference in Salzburg, Austria.AP VIENNA –  An Austrian court has rejected an appeal by supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner against a conviction and fine for punching a truck driver. The case stems from a 2010 incident in Baumgartner's home city of Salzburg in which a motorist and a Greek truck driver got into an argument. A lower court in April found that Baumgartner took the motorist's side and hit the truck driver in the face. Baumgartner denied having hit the truck driver but was fined euro1,500 -- nearly $2,000 -- for bodily harm. In explaining Tuesday's ruling Elisabeth Schmidbauer, who headed a three-judge appeals panel, said "there was no self-defense situation" on the part of Baumgartner. Baumgartner did not attend the hearing in Salzburg. His stratospheric jump last month set a record.

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