Trial of police murder in Kusel: "It's not about two pieces of chewing gum"

Created: 07/03/2022 06:18

By: Anna Lorenz

In the trial for the fatal shots fired at two police officers in Kusel, investigators were heard on Thursday, June 30, 2022, before the Kaiserslautern Regional Court on the questioning of the alleged perpetrators.

Kaiserslautern - 20 shots.

According to an investigator who took the witness stand in Kaiserslautern on Thursday, June 30, 2022, the evaluation of traces at the scene of the crime showed that 14 bullets from a police service pistol and three shots from a shotgun were involved in the so-called police murder in Kusel and three fired from a hunting rifle.

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January 2022, the investigators who reported on the initial interrogations of the two accused were now being questioned.

Kusel police murder: investigators describe the first interrogations of the alleged perpetrators

Five months after the crime, the investigators described to the district court of Kaiserslautern how the main accused (39) and the second accused (33) in the current criminal proceedings had behaved during the previous interrogations.

Accordingly, according to the statement of an officer, the latter made a comprehensive statement and held the main defendant solely responsible for the fatal gunshots at the two police officers.

"How, hunting poaching?" The main defendant is said to have said to the second accused, who was questioned on February 18, 2022.

As a result, the investigator continued, "there was already a bang".

The policewoman who was hit was "taken down by the force", the 33-year-old heard two shots and heard a cry of pain.

After the shots, which were also aimed at the second police officer, the main accused ordered his companion to look for lost papers and threatened the 33-year-old that he would "otherwise put him next to it".

Another investigator testified that in a first interrogation on the day of the crime, the co-defendant spoke about the matter for three hours at his own request without a lawyer, although he was nervous but then factual.

His appearance seemed authentic and free from "recognizable contradictions".

The 33-year-old also spoke for the first time in the process and confirmed that he had been "treated properly".

Police murder trial: suspected main perpetrator gets angry

While the co-defendant nodded several times while describing his statements, the main defendant listened with folded hands or took notes.

When the judge said in a description that the main defendant took it very seriously, the 39-year-old flared up.

“Mr. Chairman, you say I am quite specific.

What's this about?

It's not about two chewing gums."

During his own initial interrogation, the 39-year-old was said to have been calm and friendly by the responsible investigator and thanked him that the handcuffs were not too tight, but did not give any information about the matter.

In the course of the trial so far, the main defendant has admitted that he shot the police officer with a gun, but in a kind of self-defense position.

The policewoman, in turn, shot his companion.

Prosecutors accuse the main defendant of murdering the 24-year-old police officer and the 29-year-old police commissioner five months ago to cover up poaching.

Investigators assume there was an exchange of fire between the police officer and the main suspect.

The police commissioner is said to have shot his service pistol empty - without hitting the attacker.

The prosecution accuses the co-defendant of attempted frustration.

He is said to have helped cover up the tracks, but not shot.

The continuation of the hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, July 05, 2022.