2023-06-02 19:12:00
Six months after the killing of a 14-year-old in Illerkirchberg, the murder trial against the 27-year-old accused began. At the start, new details about the background of the crime became known.
With high security precautions, the first day of the hearing at the Ulm District Court began on Friday Murder trial for the deadly knife attack in Illerkirchberg happened. Many media representatives were present, including a representative from a Turkish newspaper. The 14-year-old girl killed had Turkish roots. On the fringes of the hearing, further background information about the crime became known, including that the 27-year-old accused wanted to leave the country for a marriage.
The start of the trial was delayed by half an hour because the defendant’s interpreter arrived late. Then only the indictment was read out. The public prosecutor’s office in Ulm is charging the man with the murder of the 14-year-old and attempted murder with dangerous bodily harm to her 13-year-old friend. He wrongly assumed that the girls had noticed his knife on the day of the crime and wanted to prevent them from calling the police.
Charge: 27-year-old wanted to extort passport to get married
The Eritrean was armed on his way to the district office of the Alb-Donau district to extort a passport. According to prosecutor Nadine Schmelzer, he wanted to get a passport to travel to Ethiopia. He wanted to get married there. The girls were pure accidental victims. Prosecutors will ask for a life sentence.
The accused Eritrean man at the beginning of the trial for murder and attempted murder. The 27-year-old is accused of a knife attack on two girls in Illerkirchberg.
Defense attorney in the knife attack trial: It is unclear whether the 27-year-old will testify in the trial
The defense attorney for the accused, Corinna Nagel, said after the start of the trial that it was not yet clear whether her client would comment on the allegations. She couldn’t say what could have caused the crime.
The 27-year-old is negotiable. The man has been in Germany since 2015, has worked and speaks German quite well. She described him as reserved and introverted. The process will also deal with the mental state of the Eritrean, an expert and the doctor treating the man should testify. Four more days of negotiations are planned.
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