The right-wing terrorist assassin von Halle has been sentenced to the maximum penalty.
The court repeatedly found drastic words in the reasons for the judgment.
The
synagogue bomber from Halle
has been sentenced to life imprisonment with subsequent preventive detention.
The court says the 28-year-olds of the
double murder
, the
attempted murder in around 60 other cases
, and the
sedition
guilty.
The
Central Council of Jews
thanks the court for the verdict.
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The
assassin of Halle
has thrown at the end of the verdict against him an object toward the plaintiffs.
It could well be a rolled
stapler
or a
wallet
.
Four security guards immediately grabbed the 28-year-old, fixed him and carried him out of the courtroom, as a dpa reporter reported.
The man had previously listened relatively unmoved on Monday as the judges of the Naumburg Higher Regional Court justified the life imprisonment with subsequent preventive detention for almost three hours.
The presiding judge Ursula Mertens had called him a "fanatically ideologically" motivated individual perpetrator.
The man showed no trace of remorse in the process.
The defendant was just trying to throw something out of his file.
Judicial officers used force to lead him out of the room.
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- Valentin Hacken (@valentinhacken_) December 21, 2020
Assassination attempt in Halle: judge speaks of a "cowardly attack"
First report from Monday, December 21, 2020, 11:23 a.m .:
Magdeburg - The Naumburg Higher Regional Court has sentenced the
right-wing extremist assassin von Halle
to life imprisonment with subsequent preventive detention.
The judges found the 28-year-old guilty on Monday in Magdeburg of double murder and attempted murder in numerous other cases and also determined the
particular gravity of the guilt
.
This means that early release after 15 years is as good as impossible.
An appeal can be lodged with the Federal Court of Justice against the judgment.
It was a
"cowardly attack"
, said the presiding judge Ursula Mertens at the verdict.
The accused relativized his actions and motives in many places.
The man responded to the verdict with a blank face and began to take notes.
On October 9, 2019, the 28-year-old tried
to storm
the
synagogue in Halle
on the highest Jewish holiday,
Yom Kippur,
and to cause a massacre.
He threw incendiary devices and explosives and shot at the access door, but did not get on the premises.
In front of the synagogue, he murdered 40-year-old passer-by
Jana L.
and in a nearby kebab shop, 20-year-old
Kevin S.
On his escape, the man shot at police officers, drove the getaway car to a black man and shot
a man and a woman
in a village near
Halle
after they refused to give him their car.
In a workshop, the then 27-year-old blackmailed a taxi that the police were able to locate with the help of the taxi driver.
The police then arrested him.
The Saxon Anhalter confessed to the fact.
Today at 11:09 am the assassin was sentenced by #Halle to life imprisonment and subsequent preventive detention.
#halleprocess pic.twitter.com/tbmYN6mduA
- Jewish Forum (@JFDA_eV) December 21, 2020
Assassination attempt in Halle: Trial is considered the largest criminal case in the history of Saxony-Anhalt
With the verdict, Mertens and the four other judges followed the demands of the federal prosecutor's office and accessory prosecution.
The trial is considered to be the largest criminal case in the history of Saxony-Anhalt.
For security and space reasons, the OLG had moved the hearing to the largest courtroom in the state in Magdeburg.
On 25 days of the trial, the court questioned a total of 86 witnesses and 8 experts.
45 survivors and bereaved relatives had joined the accessory prosecution and were represented by 23 lawyers.
The survivors' final lectures alone had lasted three days of the trial, and many had spoken at the time or before on the witness stand.
Almost all of them had reported serious psychological consequences of the crime.
(dpa)
