Processes - Ruling on the rampage in Trier largely overturned
The trial surrounding the rampage in Trier with five fatalities must be reopened in parts. Following a decision by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe, the verdict of the Trier regional court was largely overturned due to legal errors. This means that the defendant's appeal was upheld, the BGH announced on Monday.
The reason: The Regional Court had not justified its assumption that the defendant had acted in a state of significantly reduced culpability without legal error. The decisions on the legal consequences must therefore also be set aside.
During the rampage on December 1, 2020, a man drove his SUV through the pedestrian zone in Trier and deliberately hit passers-by. Five people died in the attack, including a baby. There were also dozens of injured and traumatized people.
In August 2022, the perpetrator was sentenced to life imprisonment for multiple murders and multiple attempted murders at Trier Regional Court. The court also determined that the man was particularly guilty and ordered him to be placed in a closed psychiatric hospital.
According to the expert, the man suffers from paranoid schizophrenia with bizarre delusions - and is therefore of reduced culpability. The trained electrician remained silent about the allegations during the year-long trial. One day after the verdict, the driver's defense lawyer lodged an appeal.
Federal Court of Justice Notices
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- The Trier Regional Court's judgment, which sentenced the rampage perpetrator to life imprisonment in August 2022, was largely overturned by the Federal Court of Justice due to insufficient justification of reduced culpability assumptions.
- The Federal Court of Justice, located in Karlsruhe, announced that certain decisions affecting the legal consequences of the Trier rampage case must be repeated due to discrepancies in the original judgment, upholding the defendant's appeal.
- Subsequent to the Trier rampage incident on December 1, 2020, where a man drove an SUV through the pedestrian zone and killed five individuals, including a baby, the case containing elements of criminality and psychiatric evaluation, is to undergo further proceedings in Rhineland-Palatinate's Trier region.
Source: www.stern.de
