process - Life-long imprisonment demanded after escape attempt by flight
Prosecution requests life imprisonment for the 30-year-old driver of the getaway car in a case involving a bank machine explosion that resulted in a death following an accident. Charges include murder.
The man is accused of causing the accident while attempting to evade police, resulting in the death of a 45-year-old innocent man. Prior to the accident, he and two other men allegedly bombed a bank machine in Wiernsheim near Pforzheim. The defense argued for manslaughter without specifying a sentence at the Karlsruhe Regional Court.
The prosecution demanded four years and ten months in prison for one of the two other men, aged 21, and four years and eight months for the other, aged 22. Their defense teams had requested three years each. The court will render its judgment on Friday.
Ghost ride on the A6
The prosecution accuses the three suspected robbers of involvement in the bank machine explosion and aggravated burglary, as well as murder against the 30-year-old, who caused the accident following the bank robbery with high speed. Subsequently, he allegedly drove as a "ghost driver" on the A6, where he collided with a truck. The passenger in the truck was seriously injured and later died several days later.
The three defendants have been in investigative detention since November. They all hold Dutch citizenship. The police found over 41,000 Euros in cash from the bank machine explosion in Wiernsheim, as well as explosives in the getaway car. The damage to the building was approximately 250,000 Euros.
In Germany, there are frequent bank machine explosions. The trails always lead back to the Netherlands.
- The 30-year-old accused in the ATM Bombing case in Wiernsheim near Pforzheim, Germany, faces life imprisonment due to a fatal accident during his attempted escape.
- The accused driver, involved in the High Court Karlsruhe case, caused an accident while attempting to evade police, leading to the death of a 45-year-old man.
- The men, under investigation for bombing an ATM in Karlsruhe, Germany, are currently in investigative detention and hold Dutch citizenship.
- The two accomplices in the bank machine explosion case, aged 21 and 22, are defended by their teams and face prison sentences of four years and eight months, respectively.
- The involvement of the three defendants in the bank machine explosion in Wiernsheim and aggravated burglary, as well as the subsequent accident on the A6, is under investigation by the police in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- The Public Prosecutor's Office in Germany demands punishment for the three suspects in the ATM Bombing case based on evidence from the Netherlands.
- The family of the victim, who died several days after the accident on the A6, is seeking justice against the accused driver in the Karlsruhe Regional Court.
- The High Court Karlsruhe will deliver its verdict on the sentences of the accused in the ATM Bombing and related cases, including the death penalty, this Friday.
- The Mord (murder) case in Karlsruhe, involving the ATM Bombing and subsequent fatal accident on the A6, has garnered attention across Germany and the Netherlands, highlighting the issue of criminality and accidents in the region.
