Bonn - Trial over burnt body ends with high prison sentences
Two men in Bonn have been sentenced to long prison terms in a retrial concerning the death of a 46-year-old man. On Tuesday, the district court found a 33-year-old guilty of assault resulting in death - and handed down a prison sentence of seven years and three months. A 23-year-old received a six-year juvenile sentence for attempted manslaughter. The perpetrator and victim of the crime, which took place in a forest in the Rhein-Sieg district, had known each other from the homeless and drug scene.
The two defendants were accused in the trial of killing the 46-year-old man with a shovel in the woods near the train station in Eitorf after an argument. The body was then partially burnt and dumped under branches in a stream. It was discovered by a jogger.
The juvenile court in Bonn had already sentenced the younger defendant as an adolescent to a juvenile sentence of six years and placement in a rehab clinic. The older one had been acquitted. However, after the Federal Court of Justice overturned both verdicts, the proceedings had to be reopened before a different juvenile chamber of the Bonn Regional Court.
In the first verdict, the judges had assumed a self-defense situation, among other things, and had acquitted the older defendant. In the second trial, the chamber now came to a different conclusion. Both defendants had condoned the death of the 46-year-old through their brutal attack.
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- The crime occurred in the Rhine-Sieg district, which is located in North Rhine-Westphalia.
- The local authorities in Bonn, where the trial took place, were dealing with cases of criminality such as this one.
- Apart from the two men who were sentenced for their involvement in the bodily injury leading to death, there have been other cases of men involved in violent crimes, like a clan member being punished.
- Even after serving their sentences, these individuals with a history of criminality might face challenges in reentering society, potentially leading to further issues such as recidivism.
Source: www.stern.de
