Crime - Shisha bar shooting murder trial restarts
The trial for the murder of a 27-year-old man who was shot dead in a Hamburg shisha bar more than a year ago has to be restarted. As the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court announced on Thursday, a lay judge is no longer able to take part in the trial due to a long-term illness. "It is not procedurally possible to replace the judge during the ongoing main hearing, which is why the main hearing must start again with a different panel."
The new trial is scheduled to start on December 7. Further dates are scheduled for December 12 and 14 and every Tuesday and Thursday from January 9 until the end of February.
In the trial, the 25-year-old defendant is accused of shooting the 27-year-old in a shisha bar in Lübecker Straße in July 2022 together with an unknown accomplice. The prosecution accuses him of murder with malice aforethought and a crime under the War Weapons Control Act.
At the beginning of the trial, which began in September and has now been suspended, the defendant protested his innocence. "There is a young man in the dock who did not commit the crime charged," said his defense lawyer immediately after the arraignment on Tuesday. She also read out a statement on behalf of her client: "I had nothing to do with the murder. I did not commit the murder and was not the companion of the person who committed it."
Police statement from July 2022
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The delay in the murder trial stemmed from a lay judge's long-term illness, leading to the repeal of the ongoing main hearing. The new trial, involving a 25-year-old defendant accused of murder with malice aforethought and a crime under the War Weapons Control Act, will commence in Hamburg on December 7. This incident has raised concerns about criminality processes in Germany, particularly in relation to serious offenses such as murder.
Source: www.stern.de
