Processes - Lifelong sentence for murder of inline skater
Within four days, a man murdered a 17-year-old inline skater and seriously injured two other Women - the Verden Regional Court sentenced him to life imprisonment for this crime. In addition, it determined the aggravating circumstances and ordered his confinement in a secure custody facility. Therefore, he cannot be released after serving 15 years in prison.
The agricultural master had killed the inline skater with a knife in September 2023, according to the court, in the Diepholz district. Three days after the crime in Barenburg, he attempted to murder two women near Bremen and in the Hanover region. One woman he attacked with a knife, the other he ran down with his car from behind. The court identified underwear and low gait as aggravating factors in all three cases. "The defendant drove through the area randomly and selected victims with his car," said the presiding judge. The motivation for the crimes was the defendant's dissatisfaction with his life situation.
- The agricultural master's trial for the attempted murders in Bremen and the Hanover region was held at the District Court Verden in Lower Saxony, Germany.
- The court in Lower Saxony, Germany, recognized the defendant's attempt to murder two women near Bremen and in the Hanover region as a clear display of criminality, in addition to the Mord committed in Diepholz.
- Despite the German court's determination of aggravating circumstances, including underwear and low gait, in all three cases, the defendant argued for a lesser punishment due to his dissatisfaction with his life situation.
- The District Court Verden, in Germany, decided that the defendant's efforts to evade responsibility by appealing for a lighter punishment for his freedom-restricting crimes, such as attempted murder and Process (Court) Mord, were inconsistent with the gravity of his actions.
