- Following a stabbing incident and kidnapping situation: eight years of incarceration.
In an unusual turn of events, a 25-year-old individual has been sentenced to eight years in prison due to an incident in Berlin-Friedrichshain and Hannover. The Berlin court found him guilty of attempted murder, hostage-taking, threatening behavior, and inflicting bodily harm. He was also ordered to pay 15,000 euros to the 52-year-old victim of the stabbing incident.
According to the presiding judge, Marc Sautter, the defendant's actions seemed illogical. Dissatisfied with his ex-partner and career, he devised a plan to appear as an untraceable killer. The court described him as a person with a narcissistic personality structure, someone who believed himself superior to others.
The main issue, however, was his drug use, leading to psychosis. With the attack on the pedestrian, he aimed to send a clear message, the judge stated. At the time of the crime, the court assumed his actions were beyond his control.
The defendant, claiming to hold both German and Italian citizenship, initially threatened his ex-girlfriend during a car ride and threatened to kill people to force her to confess to infidelity.
Two days later, in the night of February 28 in Berlin-Friedrichshain, he pursued and attacked a complete stranger to "set an example" for his ex-girlfriend and "understand what it feels like to kill a person," the prosecution argued. He stabbed the 52-year-old from behind with a kitchen knife and then brutally kicked the injured man. The defendant believed he had killed the man.
Afterward, the unemployed electrician returned to Lower Saxony, recorded a confession video in his apartment, and shared it online. "I felt nothing" during the attack, the 25-year-old stated in the video. Believing the video did not gain enough attention, he took a woman hostage in his hometown Sehnde's town hall, armed with a knife. The 57-year-old employee was in grave fear. Police swiftly apprehended the 25-year-old in the town hall.
The court viewed the stabbing incident as premeditated and fueled by petty motives. "The man was unaware, he had no chance," said the judge. The defendant targeted a person "unrelated to his problems." His actions hinted at bloodlust, and he had announced his desire to become a serial killer before the attacks.
The court agreed with the prosecutor's request. The defendant had initiated a "self-centered campaign," she said in her plea, aiming to execute a "diabolical plan" and experience a "rush of blood."
The defense attorney called for a conviction for attempted manslaughter and deprivation of liberty. His client had attacked the pedestrian impulsively due to anger over misattributed statements. The lawyer requested a total prison sentence of no more than five years and four months. The verdict is yet to be finalized.
The defendant's actions in Berlin-Friedrichshain and Hannover were labeled as criminal, including attempted murder, hostage-taking, threatening behavior, and inflicting bodily harm. The court proceedings revealed his desire to appear as an untraceable killer, influenced by drug-induced psychosis and narcissistic tendencies.