Unbelievable verdict: Pensioner (65) killed three French people in Munich – but he gets his driver's license back

Created: 09/27/2022, 17:20

By: Andreas Thieme

Pierre L. (middle) lost his two children Ann-Sophie and Julien in the accident © private

He raced at 122 km/h over the Wasserburger Landstraße: In September 2017, Nestor P. (65) killed three French people who had been visiting Munich.

The pensioner now demanded his driver's license back - and even got through in court.

Munich - How does a person live with the guilt when he has brought death to three others?

Nestor P. (65) has been thinking about it for more than five years since he killed three French people on Wasserburger Landstraße in mid-September 2017.

At 122 km/h, the pensioner shot an Opel Corsa off the road in Trudering, which was literally crushed.

"I'm a broken man," said Nestor P. But that didn't stop him from asking for his driver's license back.

The district court heard the bizarre case yesterday.

Bizarre because P. has already been convicted.

He was sentenced to three years and nine months for manslaughter and his driver's license was confiscated.

Munich: Pensioner (65) raced through the city at 122 km/h and killed three people

Forever?

That is the question that was at stake now.

Because the death driver, who began his imprisonment on June 2, does not want to put up with a lifelong ban.

And he was even right: P. is only suspended for two and a half years, after which he can legally drive again.

Hardly comprehensible for the relatives of the dead, says co-plaintiff attorney Barbara Biller.

"But we hope that the case is now closed."

Nestor P. (65) killed three people but got his driver's license back © SIGI JANTZ

The verdict shows how far apart justice and morality can be.

Nestor P. was already right before the Bavarian Supreme Court.

Because a lifelong ban requires very special reasons: illness - or unteachability, as Judge Selke explained yesterday at the district court.

The case had been remanded to his 21st Trial Chamber.

Process in Munich: death driver demands driver's license back - court agrees with him

Even a convicted murderer does not receive a lifelong driver's license ban, Selke cited the case of Victor B., who killed a student on Fürstenrieder Straße in 2019 while fleeing from the police.

Five years, as with B., is the maximum.

In plain language, this means that if Nestor P. is released after serving two-thirds of his sentence, as is usual in Bavaria, he can apply for his driver's license again immediately.

His defense attorney Hartmut Wächtler justified the verdict: "He drove two million kilometers in the car and once in his driving life it stopped.

We don't know why.” In fact, four different Munich courts were never able to determine the cause of the fatal accident.

Nestor P. had indicated a blackout.

He wants to start his own business again after his detention and work as a craftsman - for that he needs a car.

Otherwise, his pension of 700 euros would not be enough to live on.