Gaudian, badly but not fatally injured, was arrested and was sentenced on 24 May 1989 to imprisonment of three years by the Pankow district court for attempted illegal border-crossing of the first degree ("versuchten ungesetzlichen Grenzübertritts im schweren Fall").
Gaudian, gravemente pero non non fatalmente ferido, foi arrestado e condenado o 24 de maio de 1989 a un encarceramento de tres anos pola corte de distrito de Pankow por atravesar ilegalmente a fronteira.