process - Judgment at Bielefeld District Court after death of a nursing assistant
In the trial against a 21-year-old nurse at the Bielefeld District Court, a verdict will be pronounced today (2:00 PM). The defendant confessed during the initial hearing in early April, in a closed session, to stabbing his colleague, a 21-year-old nurse, with a kitchen knife at a party in Bielefeld. According to the prosecution, the man allegedly harassed the woman multiple times during a private gathering of emergency responders on October 29, 2023. She reportedly rejected him loudly at the end.
The prosecution demanded a life sentence in their closing arguments, not under juvenile law but adult law. However, the defense argued for the application of juvenile law and sentencing the German minor to an eight-year juvenile detention for manslaughter. During the trial, a psychiatric expert diagnosed developmental deficits and a lack of emotional maturity in the defendant.
Dates at the Landgericht on Monday
The 21-year-old nurse's murder trial, initially held at the Bielefeld District Court, is now under review at the Process (Court) in North Rhine-Westphalia, due to the complexity of the case. Despite confessing to the stabbing at a party in Bielefeld, the defendant may face a shorter sentence due to the defense's argument for the application of juvenile law. The District Court in Bielefeld will announce its final verdict today, determining the defendant's fate in the devastating Murder Trial.
