Originally Posted by
Flying Lawyer
Sure.
But this is certainly not any German specific rule. Have you never seen these wonderful US court room thrillers about the white anglo saxon Georgian reporting the murder commited by an afro american?
The insulted in your case is a witness and the relevant question is, whether or not e judge follows a witness statement or not. Simply a normal court room situation. Reporting somebody to the the police without reason is a criminal offence too, so the report (and the witness statement under oath) has some relevance.
But without any witnesses, is it safe to say that the court is going to take the side of the accuser? Maybe person A asked out a girl that person B wanted to date, and as retaliation, person B says that person A flipped them the bird while driving so as to get person A fined. If person B knows that the court is likely to take their side, they aren't going to worry as much about making a false statement, as the court is already in their favor. The burden of proof is now upon person A to prove that they didn't flip off person B.
It just seems like this would be ripe for abuse. I don't understand why it would be natural to give more weight to the testimony of the accuser.