Masked robbery at the gas station in Diepholz - perpetrator escapes!

On Friday evening there was a raid on a petrol station in Hindenburgstrasse in Diepholz. A masked man threatened the cashier with a knife and demanded money that the cashier put in a bag. After the crime, the perpetrator fled on foot towards Stüvenstraße/Amelogenstraße. The police immediately initiated a search, which included several patrol cars, a helicopter and police dogs. Unfortunately the search was unsuccessful.

The perpetrator was described as about 170 cm tall and of normal stature. He was wearing a black storm hood, dark clothes, a black hoodation and black shoes. The Diepholz police ask for references to the perpetrator or suspicious observations in the area of the petrol station. The contact telephone number of the police is 05441/9710, such as Image reported.

legal consequences and previous incidents

In an earlier case, the perpetrator of a robbery was sentenced to three years in prison for the Aral car court in Diepholz. This attack took place on December 4, 2022. The 32-year-old defendant drove to the raid with an E-Class and was later brought to a taxi. The attack was classified as a particularly severe predatory extortion, but was treated as a minor case. The judge Jens Niemeyer found that the defendant had no criminal record and had not committed any acts of violence. The accused's cocaine dependence was motif.

In this incident, the defendant with a 20.5 cm long knife demanded money from a 32-year-old employee and captured 542.88 euros. After the attack, he fled with his E-Class, which was later found in a garage in Lohne. The police had only established the connection between the vehicle and the robbery after a tank fraud. The defendant stated that he could no longer have found his car and was brought to the police by taxi.
He spent five months in custody that is counted towards the prison sentence. In summary, the court found that the robbery was committed due to the dependency on the narcotics. The judge advised the accused to use the stabilization and preparation for therapy in prison, in order to receive a probation after half a year, such as Kreiszeitung reported.