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Lübcke murder: According to the defendant, there were no confidants

2020-08-19T15:34:31.708Z


The relatives wanted to find out details from the night of the crime: For the widow and sons of Walter Lübcke, Wednesday was an important day in the murder trial against the alleged perpetrator. Your lawyer sees important insights.


The relatives wanted to find out details from the night of the crime: For the widow and sons of Walter Lübcke, Wednesday was an important day in the murder trial against the alleged perpetrator. Your lawyer sees important insights.

Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - In the process of the violent death of the Kassel District President Walter Lübcke, the bereaved asked questions to the accused through their lawyer.

The defense lawyer wanted to find out something from Stephan Ernst, who confessed to the bloody act, in particular about the hours before and asked questions about other people who knew about it besides the co-defendant Markus H., who is also said to have been present at the act. "From my side: no," said the alleged right-wing terrorist. However, he does not know whether H., who was accused of aiding and abetting, may have spoken to someone.

Holger Matt, the lawyer for the Lübcke family, who is participating in the proceedings before the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court (OLG) as a joint plaintiff, repeatedly presented Ernst with the information from his confession, for example for joint planning. "Is that correct?" he asked every time. "Yes", Ernst replied tersely. It was only after a long period of silence that he answered the question whether he had never thought about the family before the crime, from which he would take his husband and father. "No, I haven't," he finally replied hesitantly, avoiding direct eye contact with the family. He also admitted that he had "not given any thought to Lübcke, who was about to retire and still had plans for his life."

"This morning was very painful for the family because the terrible details from the night of the crime came up again," said Dirk Metz, the family spokesman, afterwards. "At the same time, it was a very important part of the main hearing in the in-depth explanations of the confession." With his questions for the process, attorney Matt was able to gain important insights from the statements of the main defendant. "According to this, it is clear to the secondary prosecution that the two defendants had planned the act together out of their hatred for a long time and carried it out together in Wolfhagen-Istha on June 1 of last year, by the unsuspecting and unsuspecting Walter Lübcke for base motives and was shot insidiously, "emphasized Metz.

Ernst, a 46-year-old German, had confessed to the offense two weeks ago in a statement read out by his defense lawyer and since then has been answering questions from the judges and the federal prosecutor's office. Apart from Ernst, Markus H. is accused of aiding and abetting in the proceedings before the State Security Senate. The federal prosecutor's office assumes right-wing extremist motives.

Ernst, who had also asked for the opportunity to participate in a drop-out program, left open what he specifically wanted to drop out of - whether, contrary to his previous statements, he was still part of an organized scene.

During the further course of the day of the negotiations, it was for the first time more concrete about Markus H., who is said to have radicalized Ernst and influenced him politically. Several police officers testified as witnesses to the evaluation of his computer and his telephones and to chat logs. These were partially deleted, as were computer files containing numerous examples of right-wing extremist literature such as "Mein Kampf" or the party program of the NSDAP as well as anti-Semitic publications and books on weapons and uniforms. In photos, H. posed in front of the Reich war flag, in uniform, with weapons or with a Hitler salute. At first, it remained unclear who had deleted the files and when this had happened.

The trial continues on August 27th with another police officer questioned as a witness.

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 200819-99-229590 / 4

Source: merkur

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