A 40-year-old woman is said to have thrown her four-year-old son into the river Wümme.
Tuesday is the start of the trial at the Verden district court.
Because of Corona, the process does not take place in the court, but in the town hall.
After the death of her four-year-old son, a mother will be on trial in Verden / Aller from Tuesday.
She is said to have purposely thrown the child in Rotenburg / Wümme (Lower Saxony) from a bridge into the Wümme.
The boy drowned in the river.
The public prosecutor has charged the 40-year-old with manslaughter (Az. Ks 101/21).
The public prosecutor's office sees the woman's fear of losing custody as the motive.
The regional court meets at the beginning of the trial in the town hall of Verden.
In addition to several witnesses, an expert has also been invited.
So far, eight days of negotiations have been scheduled.
The verdict could come on June 24th.
Mother suddenly disappears from the Rotenburg Diakonieklinikum
Background: The crime occurred on the night of November 6, 2020. The defendant is said to have scalded the boy while washing with hot water.
According to the court, it cannot be ruled out that this happened inadvertently.
After the scalding, the woman went to the Diakonieklinikum in Rotenburg with her son in need of treatment.
The severe burn wounds were treated there.
In the evening, however, the mother suddenly disappeared with the child, it said in a message.
The hospital then informed the police.
Around 9 p.m. there was a large contingent
started looking for the 40-year-old mother and child.
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For a long time, flowers and candles stood on the official bridge in Rotenburg as an expression of mourning.
© Guido Menker
The woman was found around 10 p.m. in the city area - but without the boy.
Thereupon there was a large-scale search operation.
In addition to the police, the fire brigades from Rotenburg and Unterstedt as well as the DLRG were involved.
In the further search
after the child, the experts focused on the Wümme.
Boats too
were used here *.
And indeed: at 11.45 p.m., the rescue workers rescued the child from the Wümme.
The help came too late, however, the four-year-old was already dead.
A subsequent autopsy of the body revealed that the child had drowned.
After the fact, the 40-year-old tried to take her own life.
She survived and was admitted to a mental hospital.
According to a court spokesman, the placement warrant was converted into an arrest warrant in early March.
Child's corpse found in Rotenburg: helpers get help
After the deployment, the Rotenburg fire brigade called in an emergency chaplain and the crisis intervention team to look after the committed helpers.
City fire chief Thorsten Reinsch: "The offer was for everyone who had a need to speak after this mission." After all, such a case is particularly bad for everyone involved.
Around 40 fire fighters from Rotenburg and Unterstedt were in action with eight vehicles.
The DLRG was alerted around 10:40 p.m., reports Jürgen Meyer.
"We then drove up the Wümme from the Unterstedter Wehr and searched everything." On their way to Rotenburg, the nine DLRG members received the news that the child had been found.
Meyer: "That's just terrible." * Kreiszeitung.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
List of rubric lists: © Guido Menker
