Court ruling in Flensburg: Fatal incident in psychiatric hospital without evidence

Court ruling in Flensburg: Fatal incident in psychiatric hospital without evidence

On October 29, 2025, the Flensburg Regional Court handed down the verdict in a particularly tragic case: A 35-year-old man, who was housed in a psychiatric clinic in Breklum, was suspected of having strangled his roommate during an acute mental crisis in April. The public prosecutor's office had filed an application for the accused to be permanently placed in a psychiatric hospital, but the court decided against this step. Loud NDR The exact circumstances of the victim's death could not be clarified. There is evidence of both possible strangulation and suicide, but there is a lack of clear evidence to support either theory.

The court's decision to close the proceedings due to a lack of evidence of the crime does not mean that the accused is left without further action. He will now be under the care of the social psychiatric service, which is examining the possibility of further treatment. This uncertainty about exactly what happened is in stark contrast to another judgment that was also recently made in Flensburg.

Case Martje B.

In September of this year, Max S., a 36-year-old man, was held responsible for the rape and murder of 21-year-old Martje B. The case attracted widespread attention in the region. According to the presiding judge, Max S. suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, which prevented him from realizing the injustice of his actions at the moment of the crime. The charge was originally murder, but may have been changed to manslaughter to take into account the perpetrator's mental state. Here refers Picture to the judge's assessment, which classified Max S. as dangerous to the general public.

The dramatic events surrounding Martje happened in June of last year when she disappeared during a jogging trip in the Niebüll forest. Her mother had already raised the alarm when her daughter didn't show up for a post-workout date. Despite a large-scale police search, Martje's whereabouts remained unclear until her body was finally found on Saturday night. Max S. quickly became the focus of the investigation and was arrested through a DNA comparison the day after Martje's disappearance.

The two cases impressively show the complexity of psychiatric issues and the sometimes tragic fates that are associated with them. While there is not enough evidence in the 35-year-old's case to prove a crime, Max S. is permanently housed in a psychiatric facility due to his previous history. This raises questions about the safety of the general public and the treatment of people with serious mental illnesses.

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