Federal Court of Justice: Nearly six-year jail term for "NSU 2.0" threatening letter remains lawful
In the summer of 2018, a series of menacing letters started arriving, and they continued until spring 2021. The communications were delivered through email, SMS, or fax, and were signed "NSU 2.0," referring to the right-wing extremist group National Socialist Underground (NSU).
The targets included members of the German parliament, lawmakers from Hessian State Assembly, Frankfurt lawyer Seda Basay-Yildiz, artists, human rights advocates, and even newspapers, political parties, and local authorities.
An investigation discovered that the accused individual wrote the letters alone. They were filled with threats and insults, sometimes also conveyed racist and defamatory messages. A few letters even had Nazi slogans, with one letter specifically calling for murder.
The accused maintained his innocence until the last moment. Even though he had used cleaning software on his computer, investigators found incriminating traces.
According to the Federal Court of Justice, the Frankfurt court fairly evaluated this evidence. Their assumption that the man was an accessory was also upheld.
The Federal Court of Justice made only a single adjustment to the Frankfurt judgment - they changed "physical attack on execution officers" to "resistance against execution officers." Despite this minor tweak, the court in Karlsruhe approved the sentence.
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- Despite the scarce evidence available, the accused was found guilty of sending numerous threatening letters signed as "NSU 2.0."
- The Federal Court of Justice in Frankfurt am Main upheld the nearly six-year jail term for an individual who sent a threatening letter to Turkish-German lawyer Seda Basay-Yildiz and other artists.
- The "NSU 2.0" threatening letters, targeting politicians, human rights advocates, and journalists, were deemed lawful by the Federal Court of Justice, despite challenges from the defense.
- The Federal Court of Justice dismissed the defense's arguments that the accused had been framed, as they found incriminating traces on his computer despite the use of cleaning software.
- The woman who received the threatening letter signed "NSU 2.0," which initially targeted German parliamentarians, eventually faced a prison sentence due to the Federal Court of Justice's decision.
- The accused, known for delivering menacing letters to artists like himself, faced consequential charges in the Frankfurt am Main Federal Court, as his actions were categorized as a "threatening letter" by the BGH.
Source: www.stern.de
