Hamburg District Court - Final judgment against couple for incitement to murder
The verdict of the Hamburg Regional Court against a married couple for attempted incitement to murder is final. The Federal Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of the two defendants in a ruling on December 5, a court spokesperson in Hamburg announced on Friday. The regional court had sentenced the ex-beauty surgeon and her husband to more than five years in prison each on April 4.
The criminal court considered it proven that the 50-year-old doctor and the 52-year-old entrepreneur had attempted to hire a contract killer via the Darknet. He was to kill the woman's ex-partner, who lived in Hamburg. The accused, who most recently lived with her husband in Stuttgart, was in a custody dispute with him over their daughter.
The doctor was sentenced to five years and six months in prison. The public prosecutor's office had demanded seven years and ten months in prison. The businessman was sentenced to five years and three months. The public prosecutor's office had requested six years and eight months for him. The defense had pleaded for acquittal for both defendants.
The 50-year-old confessed to everything during the trial and explained that she was in an exceptional psychological situation. However, the court did not believe her poor condition. The 52-year-old had denied involvement in the crime. However, the court considered it proven that he procured the bitcoins to pay the alleged contract killers.
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- Despite appealing to the Federal Court of Justice in Hamburg, the married couple, consisting of a former beauty surgeon and an entrepreneur, failed to overturn their sentence for attempted incitement to murder.
- The criminal case, which involved an attempt to hire a contract killer via the Darknet to murder the woman's ex-partner in Hamburg, was processed in the Regional Court of Hamburg.
- The regional court in Hamburg, upon reviewing the evidence in the murder incitement case, found the 50-year-old doctor guilty and sentenced her to five years and six months in prison, while the 52-year-old entrepreneur was found guilty of procuring the necessary bitcoins for the alleged contract killers and sentenced to five years and three months in prison.
- Since the married couple was found guilty of criminal incitement to murder, their case is now considered a notable instance of federal and regional court proceedings for violent criminality in the German legal system.
Source: www.stern.de
