At the beginning of a trial at the regional court in Lüneburg, an 87-year-old man admitted to having killed his wife in need of care.
The man, whose health is badly affected and has meanwhile been completely blind, said through his defense lawyer that he had killed his then 87-year-old wife in order to "redeem" her, said a court spokeswoman on Tuesday.
Lüneburg - Accordingly, because of his own disability and his increasingly deteriorating state of health, he was no longer able to adequately care for his wife.
The public prosecutor's office accuses the man of manslaughter.
According to this, the defendant is said to have killed his wife with multiple stab wounds in May of last year in the apartment of a retirement home in the Lüneburg district, where the two had lived together for several years.
He is then said to have tried to kill himself with a knife.
Nurses became aware of this.
The man was slightly injured.
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As a possible motive, the defendant, who also responded to questions from the court, suggested that he should have been advised to withdraw from caring for his wife.
He had his lawyer explain that he did not see his wife properly cared for in the home.
He also feared being separated from his wife.
The man had looked after his wife for years, who was in need of care after a bicycle accident, suffered from dementia and was temporarily in a coma.
The court set six trial days.
However, according to the defendant's statement, it remained open whether these are also needed or whether the evidence can be closed earlier.
On the second day of the hearing, a police officer, nurses and a doctor are to be heard as experts.
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