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Case Rabea: Nine years imprisonment for the mother of the killed infant

2022-12-15T17:17:38.814Z


The woman had confessed to having killed her child after a secret birth: A 24-year-old was convicted of manslaughter in Mönchengladbach. She is placed in a psychiatric hospital.


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Defendants in court: Classified as less criminally responsible

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The district court in Mönchengladbach has sentenced a woman to nine years in prison for killing her baby.

The 24-year-old was found guilty of manslaughter.

The court also ordered the accused to be placed in a psychiatric hospital.

An expert had classified the woman as less criminally responsible because of a severe personality disorder.

Prosecutors had asked for a life sentence for the 24-year-old for murder.

The woman had confessed to killing her baby in the bathroom after the secret birth.

She had not previously realized that she was pregnant.

When the newborn started crying, she hit it somewhere.

The charge was originally murder for base motives.

According to the judges, this was not confirmed in the hearing.

There was no evidence that the accused had killed the infant for fear of social decline and loss of freedom or - as assumed by the public prosecutor - for fear of being discovered.

24-year-old voluntarily took part in DNA series test

A bottle collector discovered the body in a shopping bag in a public garbage can in Mönchengladbach at the end of March.

The police then searched extensively for two months for the unknown mother, including handbills in several languages ​​and a mailbox for anonymous tips.

In the course of the investigation, the police gave the dead girl the name Rabea.

A DNA series test in the vicinity of the site finally brought the investigators to the track of the accused.

The 24-year-old took part voluntarily.

She testified in court that she had heard about the dead baby but hadn't realized it could be her child.

The verdict is not yet legally binding.

When asked, the prosecutor left open whether he would appeal.

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Source: spiegel

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