Process - Mother in court: Did she suffocate her children?
A woman will stand trial for the alleged murder of her two children in Mannheim District Court from Wednesday (9.00 am). The mother is alleged to have first drugged her seven and nine-year-old children on Holy Saturday and then suffocated them.
An important question in the trial is likely to be whether the woman was of diminished capacity at the time of the crime. However, the trial is not initially about the placement of the accused in a psychiatric ward. The trial will take place before the first criminal chamber. The court has scheduled five further hearings until January 8.
The German woman, who was 43 years old at the time of the crime, is said to have a personality disorder as a result of brain damage. In the fall of 2018, the woman moved out of the family home and the children alternated between staying with the defendant and the father.
Due to her illness, the defendant had formed the irrational and uncorrectable conviction that her children were at existential risk due to alleged psychological and physical abuse by their father, the court explained. Because of her illness, the woman is said to have come to the conclusion that the only way out was to kill her children and herself.
According to the allegations, she wanted to carry this out on Holy Saturday in Hockenheim near Heidelberg. On Easter Sunday, she informed the police by email that she had done something bad and that the officers would have to come. She then wanted to kill herself.
Notification of the trial Follow-up notification Police notification at the time
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- The woman's trial for the alleged murder of her children in Mannheim District Court involves accusations of drugging and suffocating her seven and nine-year-old children on Holy Saturday.
- The court in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is investigating whether the woman was of diminished capacity during the crime, yet the initial focus is on a criminal trial, not psychiatric ward placement.
- Interested parties will follow the trial closely in the first criminal chamber, with five additional hearings scheduled until January 8, 2023.
- The mother, who was 43 at the time of the crime, resided in Baden-Württemberg and reportedly suffered from a personality disorder due to brain damage.
- Despite moving out of the family home and alternating custody with the father, the woman claimed to fear alleged psychological and physical abuse by her ex-husband, leading her to believe killing their children was the only way out.
Source: www.stern.de
