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Court confirms verdict in trial against double murderer

The Frankfurt Higher Regional Court (OLG) has sentenced a convicted double murderer in civil proceedings to pay damages and has not admitted any new evidence regarding the violent crime. On Wednesday in Darmstadt, the Higher Regional Court confirmed the judgment of the first instance to pay the...

Justitia can be seen on a window at the entrance to the Higher Regional Court. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
Justitia can be seen on a window at the entrance to the Higher Regional Court. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

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The Frankfurt Higher Regional Court(OLG) has sentenced a convicted double murderer in civil proceedings to pay damages and has not admitted any new evidence regarding the violent crime. On Wednesday in Darmstadt, the Higher Regional Court confirmed the judgment of the first instance to pay the state of Hesse almost 70,000 euros in all respects and did not allow an appeal. The sum is for services rendered to a daughter who survived the crime. Andreas Darsow's lawyer from Babenhausen in southern Hesse, Sina Moslehi, announced after the hearing that he would appeal to the Federal Court of Justice against the decision not to allow an appeal.

The family and lawyers of Darsow, who was convicted in a criminal trial in 2011, hoped that possible new evidence would provide them with starting points for a retrial. For more than ten years, the wife has been fighting for such a retrial together with the 54-year-old convict, who maintains his innocence. However, strict rules apply to this.

In its 2011 ruling, the Darmstadt Regional Court considered it proven that the German man ambushed his neighbor in April 2009 after a long-standing dispute over noise pollution and shot him dead. According to the verdict, he then went into the house and shot the sleeping wife in the head with two bullets. He also shot the disabled daughter, who survived seriously injured.

Documents to represent Darsow retrial according to the Code of Criminal Procedure

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Source: www.stern.de

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