Hannover Regional Court - A woman served twelve years in prison for murdering her own mother
A woman from Hannover received a twelve-year prison sentence for the murder of her own mother. The Hanover Regional Court convicted the 50-year-old woman additionally for arson and disturbing the peace of the dead. Due to her severe depression, the judges deemed the defendant legally impaired. The landlady confessed to surprising and killing her 74-year-old mother in her sleep on December 29, 2023, and setting fire to their shared apartment on New Year's Day.
"I never wanted to kill my mother," the woman said. She admitted to knocking her mother unconscious with a hammer, intending to interrogate her. Afterward, she intended to take her own life. The prosecution reported 37 stab wounds on the victim, which the daughter explained were due to her panicking.
- The woman's crime of murder took place in her hometown of Hannover, situated in the federal state of Lower Saxony, in Germany.
- The verdict for the Hannover Regional Court's 'Mord' case involved a mother and her daughter, with the former receiving a twelve-year prison sentence.
- During the court process in Hannover, it was revealed that the daughter suffered from severe depression, which partially affected her criminal responsibility.
- Despite her confession to the arson and disturbing the peace of the dead, the Hanover Regional Court handed down a more lenient prison sentence due to her mental health struggles.
- Shortly after the tragic events in Hannover on New Year's Day in 2024, Ms. Landlady began her imprisonment, which would last for twelve long years in a German prison.
