The Bremen regional court convicted a 33-year-old of murdering his ex-partner in front of her children.
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After the couple separated, there were custody disputes over their two-year-old daughter.
A 33-year-old has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his ex-partner and mother of their child. The Bremen regional court considered it proven that the defendant stabbed the woman with a knife in October 2025 in front of her twelve-year-old son and two-year-old daughter. The mother of three died at the scene. The court noted the particular severity of the guilt - release after 15 years is therefore generally impossible.
The presiding judge spoke of “a kind of execution”. The defendant waited in the car for three hours until the 30-year-old left the house with others to visit the playground. According to the court, after the separation there were custody disputes over their two-year-old daughter. According to the court, the crime was not about the child's well-being, but about his "claim to power as a man and father." He acted out of treachery and base motives.
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