As of: March 9, 2024, 3:03 p.m
By: Felix Herz
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Strict police controls mark the start of the trial surrounding the death of the student Hanna.
The presiding judge assures us that everything is under control.
Update from March 8th, 2:20 p.m
.: In the trial surrounding the tragic death of student Hanna, the defense has requested an acquittal for the 22-year-old defendant.
The lawyers are of the opinion that there is no solid evidence of their client's guilt in the circumstantial trial.
In their final arguments on Friday before the Traunstein regional court, they particularly questioned important witness statements that support the murder charge.
The defendant, who was 20 years old at the time of the crime, did not make any statements during the trial.
He also refrained from making a closing statement.
Hanna trial in Traunstein: Defense requests acquittal for the accused
An acquaintance of the defendant claimed that he had already told her about the violent death of a young woman from Aschau im Chiemgau on October 3, 2022 - at a time when the case was not yet publicly known.
However, later the witness remained silent - it is possible that she met the defendant only a day or two later, when the case was already discussed publicly and was the main topic of conversation in the region.
“The witness gave false information, although there is certainly the possibility that she was simply wrong,” explained public defender Harald Baumgärtl.
His colleague, lawyer Markus Frank, analyzed partly contradictory statements from other acquaintances of the defendant.
There are significant discrepancies here, says Frank.
Regarding a fellow prisoner who had incriminated the defendant, he was a young man “who takes the truth more seriously than others,” Frank explained and provided examples of this.
The fellow prisoner would originally have had his own trial shortly afterwards in the same court - and could have hoped for a reduction in sentence and relief in his own trial through his testimony.
Update from March 8th, 11:20 a.m
.: In the case of the tragic death of medical student Hanna from Aschau im Chiemgau, the public prosecutor's office demanded a youth sentence of nine and a half years for the defendant.
The trial has completely confirmed the accusation that the 22-year-old man “is without a doubt the perpetrator of this homicide,” said prosecutor Wolfgang Fiedler.
It is alleged that the defendant attacked the young woman in the early hours of October 3, 2022, seriously injured her and then threw her into the Bärbach, where she drowned.
Accident ruled out – public prosecutor clearly sees guilt on the part of the defendant
According to Fiedler, the hypothesis that the 23-year-old student fell into the stream without the influence of third parties has been refuted.
An accident can be ruled out.
During the main hearing, which lasted 33 days, “every stone was turned over in the truest sense of the word”.
There is no evidence or circumstantial evidence that could exonerate the defendant.
It is assumed that the defendant attacked Hanna for sexual reasons in the early morning hours of October 3, 2022 on her way home from the “Eiskeller” club in Aschau im Chiemgau and hit her on the head several times.
Originally it was about bodily harm, but when he realized the seriousness of his crime, he threw the young woman into the Bärbach in order to hide his previous crime.
This constitutes a cover-up murder.
Tragic death of medical student Hanna – evidence of rampage surrounding the trial
The young woman had celebrated at the club that night and headed home early in the morning - but she never arrived home.
Hours later she was found dead in the Prien River, into which the Bärbach flows.
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First report from March 8th
: Traunstein - Due to warnings of a possible rampage, exceptionally strict security checks were carried out before the trial surrounding the death of the student Hanna at the Traunstein regional court.
The presiding judge Jacqueline Aßbichler emphasized on Friday, March 8th, before the start of the hearing in the full courtroom: “We have everything under control, we have done everything”.
She added that anyone who wanted to leave the room for this reason could do so.
As a precautionary measure, the curtains of the courtroom were closed to prevent any view from outside.
Hanna was found dead in the river after a night of partying.
In the courtroom, the public prosecutor's plea begins against the defendant who is said to have brutally attacked her.
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Pleas from the public prosecutor's office begin - 22-year-old defendant is said to be guilty
With the start of the trial, the public prosecutor's plea followed.
The young woman celebrated in the “Eiskeller” club in Aschau im Chiemgau on the night of October 3, 2022 and made her way home in the early hours of the morning - but she never reached her home.
A few hours later she was found dead in the Prien River.
The public prosecutor's office is of the opinion that the now 22-year-old defendant attacked Hanna on her way home for sexual reasons, hit her on the head and threw her injured into the Bärbach, which flows into the Prien.
According to the autopsy report, the student drowned.
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