20-year-old killed in bicycle storage – verdict expected
Created: 05/23/2022, 12:11 p.m
By: Elias Bartl
He is accused of drugging and suffocating his victim.
The verdict is expected in the trial against a 24-year-old today.
Hamburg – In the process of the violent death of a 20-year-old in Hamburg-Neuallermöhe, the district court wants to announce its verdict on Monday.
A 24-year-old from Libya is accused.
He is accused of having suffocated the young woman in the bicycle cellar of a rental house where she lived with her family.
The victim is said to have previously received and taken drugs from the man.
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Trial against 24-year-olds in Hamburg: judgment expected
The defendant is seated next to his lawyers in the courtroom in the criminal justice building at the beginning of the trial.
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The prosecution and the co-plaintiffs had asked for life imprisonment.
The act on the night of January 20, 2021 was a murder, the prosecutor said.
The defendant also pleaded guilty to rape and sexual assault resulting in death.
When the trial opened, the court had not seen sufficient evidence of murder.
Therefore, the admitted charge was manslaughter.
Does he walk free?
Defense attorneys plead for acquittal
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The defense had pleaded for acquittal.
If the court rules what happened as negligent manslaughter, the accused should be sentenced to less than three years in prison.
(DPO)