Had A., who is said to have struck an eight-year-old boy in Frankfurt am Main in July in front of an ICE, is likely not charged with murder. The Frankfurt prosecutor wants to let the alleged perpetrators permanently in psychiatry instead. This was confirmed by the Frankfurt lawyer Ulrich Warncke, who represents the family of the victim to the SPIEGEL.
The case had caused a stir in the summer nationwide. A., a man from Eritrea arrived from Switzerland had convinced the investigators at Frankfurt Central Station both the little boy and his mother in front of a retracting express train and then apparently tried the same with an older woman. While the mother could barely save, the boy was caught in front of the eyes and killed.
During the interrogations, the suspects should have left behind a confused impression. It turned out that he had apparently already been treated psychiatric in Switzerland. After his arrest in Frankfurt, he was detained in a psychiatric hospital in Northern Hesse, where he is currently still. According to a report commissioned by the prosecution, he suffers from a mental illness. He was therefore not guilty.
At the end of November, the public prosecutor's office applied to the Frankfurt district court not to charge the alleged perpetrator for murder and to continue to leave the 40-year-old in psychiatry after legal proceedings, Warncke said.
The trial is expected to be for manslaughter. The lawyer encounters the lack of understanding: "For me, the course of action hints at insidious murder," said Warncke. The psychiatric report will be examined carefully and in case of doubt also contest. The process is expected to begin early next year.