A 48-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Braunschweig regional court on Tuesday for murder - almost ten years after the crime.
The chamber made its judgment based on the amount of evidence, said a court spokeswoman on Tuesday in Braunschweig.
The court had come to the judgment that the man had maliciously murdered his 42-year-old friend.
Braunschweig - The 48-year-old had denied the act to the end.
He has the opportunity to appeal within a week.
(Ref. 9 Ks 115 Js 61320/11 (9/21))
According to the spokeswoman, the court justified the judgment with a total of twelve pieces of evidence.
Among other things, shoe prints were found at the crime scene.
In addition, the now convicted German fulfilled the criteria of the perpetrator profile: the perpetrator must have known the victim and had time and opportunity.
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