Process - In the way of the dream: Twelve years in prison for emigrants
An emigrant from Solingen has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for strangling his ex-girlfriend and throwing her body into a canal in the Netherlands. The Wuppertal district court found the 64-year-old guilty of manslaughter on Thursday.
The German is said to have killed the 57-year-old from Poland because she stood in the way of his dream of emigrating to Spain. In order to be able to finance a life in the sunny south, the man from Solingen had sold his house.
However, his ex-girlfriend did not want to emigrate or move out of the house. After the buyers threatened to withdraw from the purchase contract because of this, the Solingen man strangled the 57-year-old to death in September 2021, the court was convinced.
The case remained unsolved for a long time because the dead woman was found in the canal a few days later, but could not be identified for eight months. The investigation only got underway after her cousin was reported missing in April 2022, when it became clear who she was.
Her ex-boyfriend, who had since emigrated to Spain as planned, was arrested. He was even charged with murder for greed. According to the court, however, greed was not the determining motive, but rather anger and hatred over the deadlock over the house that had already been sold.
The sentence included an older penalty order with a one-year prison sentence from the Solingen district court. The verdict is not yet final.
Police PM on the case
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- Despite his relocation to Spain, the emigrant from Solingen in North Rhine-Westphalia was returned to Germany to stand trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend in the Netherlands.
- The case of criminality in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region gained international attention when a Polish woman was killed in the Netherlands by her ex-boyfriend who had emigrated to Spain for a better life.
- After serving twelve years in prison for manslaughter in Wuppertal, the emigrant from Solingen might consider returning to his home town or possibly seeking asylum in a different country due to the negative publicity.
- The Netherlands and Germany have initiated bilateral processes to address the increasing criminality among the German expatriates living in the Netherlands, recognizing the need for stronger cooperation to protect their citizens.
- The family and friends of the victim in this case, originally from Poland, are seeking answers and justice, hoping that the convictions in Germany will provide some closure to the tragic event that took place in the Netherlands.
Source: www.stern.de
