Murder of young woman: Court evaluates fatal knife attack!

A 23-year-old woman was killed by her ex-boyfriend with 98 knife stings. The case must now be negotiated again in court after the Federal Court of Justice canceled the judgment of the district court of Oldenburg and referred the case back to the district court of Osnabrück.

The accused, Henning K. (31), was originally sentenced to ten years in prison for manslaughter. He confessed to having killed the woman in Vechta in June 2023 after luring her from North Rhine-Westphalia to visit his apartment. The accused had consumed alcohol before the crime. There was an argument in which the woman bite his finger before Henning K. with a 26.5 centimeter long driving knife almost 100 times on her neck and upper body.

Details of the crime and legal proceedings

After the fatal attack, the defendant tried to kill himself by lit two charcoal grills and laid down next to the body. When this did not succeed, he called the police. The district court of Oldenburg did not find any low motives or insidies and spoke of willful manslaughter in the state of reduced guilt. The presiding judge imposed a ten -year imprisonment.

Both the accused and the co -plaintiffs made a revision. The Federal Court of Justice decided that the murder feature of the insidents was not excluded without legal errors. Therefore, the judgment and the sentence were lifted, and the district court of Osnabrück must negotiate the case; However, an appointment is not yet clear, such as Image reported.

In a further context, the Federal Court of Justice also raised a controversial judgment after the violent death of a young woman. This is followed by what SPIEGEL note where the problems related to violence against women and law enforcement are addressed.