Traveler burglar: 7000 euros stolen from Euskirchener apartment!

Traveler burglar: 7000 euros stolen from Euskirchener apartment!

Euskirchen, Deutschland - In the Euskirchen lay judge, Edi M., a 36-year-old Albanian citizen, was charged into a residential building because of his violent slump. The presiding judge Dr. Wolfgang Schmitz-Jansen described him as a "traveling perpetrator", who was active in several countries, including France, Denmark, Switzerland and Germany. M. had tried to grow grapes in his home country of Albania to produce wine and schnapps. Because of the economic failure, he turned to illegal sources of income.

already defensive due to the burglary in Darmstadt and Lingen, the court in Lingen imposed a punishment of two years and ten months. At the request of the public prosecutor in accordance with paragraph 154, paragraph 2, the proceedings in Euskirchen was temporarily terminated the Code of Criminal Procedure, despite a confession by Edi M. However, the public prosecutor has requested a revision and demands a punishment of three years and nine months. As expected, M. is being served an intensive penalty that makes it unlikely that the increase in the Euskirchen act is significant.

Details of burglary

The incident in the South City of Euskirchen occurred on April 15, 2024. Edi M. entered a house by climbing the roof of a winter garden via a regent barrel and reaching a balcony from there. There he smashed a glass pane of a door, searched the premises and stolen jewelry, a hand circular saw, electrical appliances and cash in the form of around 1,000 euros in coins and 7,000 euros in banknotes. The total value of the prey was 13,325 euros.

The victim, a 34-year-old craftsman, reported that the insurance company has replaced most and the family has now purchased an alarm system. Fortunately, the police were able to identify as a perpetrator due to a secure DNA track on the balcony door M. This technology of DNA analysis has proven to be extremely effective in police education. According to a study by the Federal Criminal Police Office, numerous crimes were successfully informed between 2000 and 2018, which underlines the relevance of DNA analyzes. The use of these technologies to determine perpetrators is crucial in modern crime fighting.

discussion about DNA analyzes

The current discussion about the use of DNA analyzes in Germany was also initiated by a murder case at a Freiburg student at the end of 2022. Investigators then identified a 19-year-old Afghan as suspects by a DNA comparison with hair traces at the scene. This led to a call from the Freiburg police chief Bernhard Rotzinger and the Minister of Justice Guido Wolf to expand the legislation on the use of DNA in order to improve the investigative work in the future.

Current regulations only allow identity comparison, while the analysis of external features such as hair or skin color is excluded. The conference of Justice Ministers discusses this topic intensively, with examples from the Netherlands, where extended DNA analyzes have contributed to the clarification of 40 unresolved cases since changes in the law, incorporated into the considerations. However, scientists warn of the legal and ethical implications of such expanded analyzes, including possible stigmatization of certain population groups.

Future handling and discussion about DNA analyzes requires a high degree of communication and transparency, especially in view of the versatile risks and opportunities that are associated with it. In Germany, a change in the law could also lead to relatives from DNA samples, which would further support the investigative work.