Verdict against Halle attacker for taking hostages: revision. Public prosecutor's office wants to examine the verdict.
32-year-old Stephan Balliet was sentenced to life imprisonment followed by preventive detention in 2020. While he was serving his sentence in Burg prison, the criminal took prison staff hostage with a self-made weapon on December 12, 2022 in order to reach freedom. The court sentenced him to seven years in prison on Tuesday and, citing proportionality, waived preventive detention. Because of the racist and anti-Semitic attack near the synagogue in Halle, 32- year-old Balliet.