Suicide becomes murder: Munich I Regional Court sentences man for crime against wife
The wife was found shot dead in 2015. In an initial trial, S. was only sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence for a weapons offense; for the judges at the time, the wife 's death was a suicide. However, the Federal Court of Justice overturned this decision on appeal by the public prosecutor's office.
According to the findings of the chamber now responsible, the woman had not killed herself, but had been shot by her husband, who was living apart from her. Despite the separation initiated by the woman against her husband's wishes, the couple had remained in contact and had five children together.
According to the verdict, the two wanted to spend the night before the crime together and go on a trip with the children the next day. On the evening of the crime, the man discovered a message from an acquaintance to the woman and therefore decided to kill her.
He first shot her in the head and then tried to fake a suicide. S. then placed a cartridge in the woman's hand. The regional court was convinced of this sequence of events after taking evidence.
The defendant, on the other hand, had invented different versions of the events. First, he stated that his wife had shot herself alone. In another version, he stated that he was present. And finally, he testified that the fatal shot was fired during a tussle over the gun.
The court judged the crime to be murder with base motives. It was particularly reprehensible that the man did not want to accept his wife's decision to separate due to an excessive desire for property.
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Source: www.stern.de
