Regional court - Verdict in trial for fatal shooting at Mercedes plant
Following the fatal shooting of two people at the Mercedes plant in Sindelfingen near Stuttgart, the murder trial against the suspected shooter is about to be concluded. On Tuesday (2 p.m.), the chamber of the Stuttgart Regional Court will announce a verdict. The then 53-year-old defendant is alleged to have shot and killed two Turkish compatriots during the early shift in a production hall last May. It is still not entirely clear why the two men had to die, even after the hearing of evidence. The alleged perpetrator and the victims were employed by the same logistics company on the factory premises.
In a statement at the start of the trial, the accused said that he had felt bullied and humiliated. As an employee of a forwarding company, he had also expected to be dismissed. However, he did not have a residence permit, but only a so-called fictitious certificate because his passport had not been extended. Without a job, he would have had to leave Germany and his family. The victims' relatives expressed their dissatisfaction and disappointment after the statement.
The district court must now decide whether the man in the dock shot his two victims "intentionally" and "treacherously". If so, the life imprisonment demanded by the public prosecutor's office with a finding of particular seriousness of guilt would not be ruled out and release after 15 years would be legally possible, but in practice virtually impossible. Or whether it will follow the accused man's defense, which speaks of a spontaneous act in a state of mental emergency. The lawyer did not commit himself to a specific sentence in his plea.
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Source: www.stern.de
