The act caused great horror: A family man was beaten to death on Königsplatz in Augsburg.
A verdict against the perpetrator (17) has now been passed and new details about the negotiation are known.
Update from November 7th, 9:05 am:
After a 17-year-old
had
beaten to death a father
in December 2019
, the
hearing
before the
Augsburg
regional court took
place on Friday, November 8th
.
The verdict: The
perpetrator
received a youth
sentence
of four years and six months in prison.
New details from the negotiation are now known.
Augsburg / Bavaria: family father beaten to death - perpetrator grins after the verdict has been pronounced
After his
mild verdict
, according to
Bild.de
, the perpetrator
grinned broadly and kissed his friends in the
courtroom
.
The verdict was announced in just 35 minutes.
In it, the
judge settled
the "angry public mood" that had influenced the process.
By video recording at
Augsburg Königsplatz
they had, however, able to understand exactly what vorfiel in Tatnacht on December 6, 2019 - "and what is not happening." Specifically played the judge here on the
arrest warrants
against the six
companions
of the offender on that Evening, only two of whom were still in the dock.
They came with
Suspected sentences
for dangerous bodily harm of it.
Königsplatz in Augsburg: The incident can be traced through video recording
On that evening in December, the situation escalated when one of the youths scrounged the killed family man over a cigarette.
“There should be a certain
provocation
in the quality of 'Hey Grandpa, you've got a cigarette'”, said the judge.
The victim responded with "snout".
The
firefighter then
turned around, ran up to the perpetrator's friend with a raised index finger and pushed him.
The perpetrator then attacked his victim “suddenly and completely surprisingly”.
The head of the family man started rotating as a
result of the
massive blow
on the chin.
A cerebral artery tore off.
The man died within minutes.
"That was no emergency," the judge disagreed with the
defense
of the offender.
This demanded an
acquittal
for this charge.
After this cruel act, the 17-year-old did not stop and, with the two co-defendants, hit the family father's companions.
Augsburg: perpetrators attacked victims "suddenly and completely by surprise"
The opinion of the judge: The perpetrator was
aggressively
invested and have dominance aspirations.
According to this, the 17-year-old said to a psychiatric expert: "I am my own idol." he called from the prison window.
By the way, only one of
32 disciplinary measures
from a total of ten months pre-trial detention.
"Fellow prisoners were visibly afraid of him,"
Bild.de
quotes
the judge.
He for a tougher pace against perpetrators like the 17-year-old.
His reasoning: A previous youth suspended sentence for such a bodily harm offense would have only strengthened the main defendant's tendency to “trivialize”.
Richter emphasizes: the perpetrators are aggressive and have a tendency to dominate
The
juvenile accused had justified their actions that evening
with
alcohol consumption
.
They apologized.
But the judge only accepted that from the young men to a limited extent: They were
not
incapable of guilt, but had exaggerated their alcoholism during the crime.
Update from November 6th, 1.30 p.m.:
In the case of the fatal attack against a family man on Augsburg's Königsplatz, the
defense
wants to
consult with the 17-year-old convict about appeals.
The youth sentence of four years and six months imprisonment imposed on Friday against the youth who, according to the court, attacked a 49-year-old with a punch on Christmas Eve 2019, was not surprising, said one of his defense lawyers.
The man
suffered
a fatal
cerebral haemorrhage
as a result of the blow
.
You have to accept the opinion of the youth chamber and first check the written judgment - only then do you decide whether you
want
to
appeal
.
"Ultimately, it is not I who decide, but my
client and his family,"
emphasized the defense attorney.
The defense had pleaded for emergency aid and a suspended sentence.
With the punch, the 17-year-old wanted to protect a friend whom the 49-year-old firefighter had previously pushed - the suspended sentence resulted from the fact that he and his friends then dangerously injured the man's 50-year-old friend, according to the defense.
However, the court did not recognize an emergency situation and found the young people guilty of bodily harm resulting in death and dangerous bodily harm.
Fireman killed with punch after quarrel: verdict against 17-year-olds
First report from November 6th, 10:59 a.m
.: Augsburg - After the fatal blow against a family man in Augsburg *, the 17-year-old perpetrator was sentenced to a
youth
sentence
of four years and six months in prison
.
The district court of Augsburg saw it as proven on Friday that he had fatally injured the man on Königsplatz with a punch in the face on St. Nicholas Day 2019.
The youth chamber found the young people guilty of bodily harm resulting in death and dangerous bodily harm.
The judges remained below the sentence that the public prosecutor and co-plaintiffs had demanded the day before: six years in prison.
The defendant took note of the verdict without moving.
Fireman killed in dispute in Augsburg: 17-year-old admits blow at the beginning of the process
The 17-year-old defendant had already admitted at the beginning of the trial that he had hit the 49-year-old with his fist on Christmas Eve 2019.
The man
suffered
a
cerebral haemorrhage
as a result of the stroke
and died within a short time.
The public prosecutor was convinced that the youth acted out of pursuit of dominance and demanded, among other things, six years imprisonment for bodily harm resulting in death.
According to the defenders of the 17-year-old, the blow should have been emergency aid.
According to the indictment, the 17-year-old hit the man, who had been with his wife and a couple of friends, with his fist at chin height in the left side of his face.
After the 49-year-old slumped to the ground, the youngster and two friends beat up the 50-year-old second man and seriously injured him.
The two young men, aged 18 and 20, were also in the
dock.
Augsburg: Trial after the death of a firefighter: Defense sees blow as emergency aid
From the prosecutor's point of view, the 17-year-old hit primarily to demonstrate his strength - his claim that he acted because he wanted to protect a friend whom the 49-year-old had previously encountered is not credible.
Afterwards, the young person committed a second act through the violence against the 50-year-old.
The defense assessed the situation differently:
legally the punch was emergency aid
.
For the second act of violence, however, a suspended sentence should be imposed.
After fatal #beats on the # Königsplatz in #Augsburg, the #judgment has just been made.
A 49-year-old #firefighter died in December 2019. Now the 17-year-old main perpetrator has been sentenced to four years and six months of # imprisonment.
- BR24 (@ BR24) November 6, 2020
Firefighter killed in Augsburg: surveillance camera recorded the crime
A surveillance camera on Königsplatz, which is the focus of crime in Bavaria's third largest city *, had recorded the acts of violence.
In the course of the main hearing, the videos of the night of the crime were used over and over again.
It was also revealed that the 17-year-old had brutal
violence videos
on his cell phone.
He is also said to have boasted while in custody that he had killed a man.
For the other two young men, the public prosecutor demanded
suspended sentences in accordance with youth criminal law
.
The 20-year-old, who had turned himself in to the police *, was the least involved: although he had demonstrably made an attempt to strike, he did not meet the 50-year-old.
The judicial representative of the 50-year-old, who appears as a joint plaintiff in the trial, speaks out in favor of imprisonment - his client still suffers from facial paralysis, among other things.
Video: Fatal blow on St. Nicholas Day: Trials start in Augsburg
Family father killed in Augsburg: Fire departments all over Germany have thought of the victim
Since the victim was a member of the professional
fire
brigade * in Augsburg,
members of other fire brigades
in Germany also thought of the victim.
In addition, there was a week-long legal tug-of-war up to the Federal Constitutional Court over the arrest warrants against several suspects.
(dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.
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