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He was sentenced to the maximum sentence after the Halle attack.
The 32-year-old tried to get out of prison by taking hostages.
What punishment will he get for this?
Magdeburg - In the trial for taking hostages in Burg prison, the public prosecutor's office has demanded a nine-year prison sentence for the Halle attacker.
In addition, subsequent preventive detention should be ordered because more and more crimes are to be expected, it was said in the plea in Magdeburg on Monday.
The defendant was serving his life sentence for the Halle attack when he built a gun that could fire in his cell.
The staff recognized it as a submachine gun.
Everyone would have known about his crime in Halle, in which he randomly shot two uninvolved people, even back then the weapons were self-made.
The servants were completely at the mercy of the hostage taker and were in fear of death.
The attempt to break out failed.
The co-plaintiffs representing the former hostages joined the request of the Attorney General's Office.
The defendant's defense attorney declined to file a specific criminal complaint.
After the evidence was taken, the crime was established.
However, the defense attorney referred to a security order according to which two employees should always be present when opening and locking the detention room.
On the day the hostages were taken there was only one.
"That doesn't justify the defendant's actions, but it must at least be taken into account." The prisoner had used the lockup that evening to threaten an officer with his self-made weapon and to make his way towards freedom.
The Stendal regional court, which is hearing proceedings in a high-security hall in Magdeburg, will most likely announce the verdict on February 27th.
dpa