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On December 20, 2024, a perpetrator drove a rental car into the Magdeburg Christmas market, killing six people and injuring hundreds. The perpetrator was sentenced to life imprisonment on June 26th.
The written verdict on the trial surrounding the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market has been completely written and signed.
In total there are over 700 pages, said the spokesman for the Magdeburg regional court, Christian Löffler. On June 26, the court found the 51-year-old defendant guilty of, among other things, murder in six cases and attempted murder in over 200 cases.
It imposed a life sentence and noted the particular gravity of the guilt. An early release from prison after 15 years is therefore almost impossible. The death driver does not accept the verdict and appealed. The Federal Court of Justice must examine the case for possible legal errors.
The man from Saudi Arabia, who worked as a psychiatrist in the penal system for mentally ill offenders until the crime, drove a 340 hp rental car through a gap between concrete barriers to the busy Christmas market on December 20, 2024. Five women and a nine-year-old boy died and hundreds of people were injured. Because of the large number of people involved, a lightweight interim court was built specifically for the trial.
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Examination of the appeal by the Federal Court of Justice
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