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Luise was murdered in March 2023.
There is no punishment “in the classic sense” because the perpetrators were of legal age.
The family is now making demands.
Freudenberg – Luise would be 13 years old today, would be in eighth grade, and would probably have a lot of plans with her friends and family.
But the young girl's life took a different course: around a year ago, on March 11, the student from the small town of Freudenberg was brutally murdered.
Two girls, aged twelve and 13 at the time, confessed to the crime.
The parents and a relative have now filed a lawsuit for compensation against the perpetrators.
According to the WAZ
report,
the relatives' lawyer spoke of a "coldly planned execution".
A year ago Luise from Freudenberg was murdered.
There are flowers, candles and stuffed animals at the crime scene.
© Oliver Berg / dpa
A year after Luise's murder, parents sued the perpetrators - sums in the five-figure range
“The horror remains,” explains Mayor Nicole Reschke (SPD).
According to her, the needs of Luise's family come first.
It is difficult to bear that the “question of why” will remain unanswered.
The two girls cannot be prosecuted criminally.
Because at the time of Luise's murder they were under 14 years old and therefore of legal age.
The investigation was closed in the fall.
However, through the civil lawsuit before the Koblenz regional court, the case could begin to be dealt with in a different legal way.
The relatives are making five-figure demands: They are demanding 50,000 euros in compensation for the parents and a survivor's allowance of at least 30,000 euros per plaintiff.
They also demand compensation for any future and non-material damages from the underage girls.
Luise's parents sue alleged perpetrators - What applies to minors in civil proceedings?
The court made it clear that minors can generally be convicted in civil proceedings.
There is no legal obligation for parents to pay off their children's debts.
The fact that the two girls, twelve and thirteen years old, were of legal age at the time of the crime is irrelevant.
However, people under 18 are only responsible for damages if they have the insight necessary to recognize responsibility.
According to the court, one of the alleged perpetrators requested that the lawsuit be dismissed in the written preliminary proceedings.
She did not deny that she was involved in the killing of Luise.
However, she denied the duration of the twelve-year-old student from Freudenberg's suffering.
After the murder of Luise – “in the classic sense, no punishment” for the perpetrators
District Administrator Andreas Müller (SPD) spoke of a “cruel area of tension”.
Since Luise has been taken away from her family forever, there will be “no punishment in the classic sense” for the perpetrators.
They moved away with their families after Luise's death, were placed under the care of the youth welfare office and placed in a therapeutic facility.
Müller is of the opinion that it is mandatory to pave the way back to life for the perpetrators.
For some this is unsatisfactory.
But: “We have to live with it and deal with it,” said the politician.
A criminal psychologist made similar comments about the perpetrators.
(cln/mbr/dpa)
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