Starnberg triple murder: main defendant also admits robbery
Created: 05/25/2022, 15:00
The Starnberg triple murder in court: the main accused at the beginning of the trial.
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In the trial of the triple murder in Starnberg, the main defendant commented on the allegations - and confessed to the robbery.
There was also talk of a “life as a professional gangster”.
Starnberg/Munich – Because the court has to decide in favor of the accused in case of doubt, many accused keep a low profile in the hope that the crime cannot be proven to them.
It is becoming increasingly doubtful whether this defense strategy will work in the case of the co-accused (21) in the triple murder trial: the main defendant (22) not only admitted the fatal shots at the mutual friend and his parents (we reported), but also on Monday Attack on a supermarket in Emmering confessed.
The co-accused is said to have been significantly involved.
He had "dreamed of a life as a professional gangster," admitted the main defendant, who had last lived in Olching, before the district court.
He first "acted like a gangster" around the age of 14 when he sold drugs in the schoolyard.
Because he and Starnberger, who was also accused, "didn't manage to sell the weapons that were looted from the house of the killed family" after the crime and "didn't have many options" for raising money, they had the idea of opening the market in to attack Emmering.
The procedure was the same as in an earlier robbery at another supermarket, said the 22-year-old: He went into the market with a loaded gun, had the cashier open the cash register and removed 1,200 euros.
His buddy drove him to the crime scene and picked him up again.
And he knew that the gun he threatened the cashier with was live and loaded.
The 22-year-old said his accomplice received “more than half” of the money stolen.
It is therefore important
Accused makes confession in a calm voice
The main defendant recited his confession in a calm voice.
He was able to clear up apparent contradictions on request.
This also speaks for the credibility of his statements, as does the fact that he was unable to answer some questions that did not relate to the core event, even after thinking about it for a long time - and he said so.
The co-defendant showed no discernible reaction to the confession.
If the court believes Olchinger, there would be no room for applying the rule of doubt to the co-defendant: "In dubio pro reo" only applies if doubts remain about what actually happened.
In addition, the confession for the main accused - in the case of a conviction under juvenile criminal law - could have such a mitigating effect that his sentence does not differ significantly from that of his alleged chauffeur.
The accused had already confessed to the crime in March.
Andreas Mueller