Status: 11/30/2022 10:49 am
The main suspect has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of two police officers near Kusel at the end of January. The district court of Kaiserslautern also determined the particular gravity of the guilt.
In the trial of the deadly shots at two police officers near Kusel, the main defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. The district court in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, considered it proven that the 39-year-old shot two police officers during a traffic stop in January.
The court also determined the particular gravity of the guilt. This means that a release after 15 years in prison is ruled out.
A 24-year-old police officer and a police commissioner five years older were shot in the head during the crime on a remote district road in the western Palatinate. The bloody deed during a vehicle inspection had caused horror across the country.
Co-accused without penalty
The public prosecutor assumes that the main defendant wanted to cover up poaching with the crime. At the time of the crime, 22 freshly shot deer are said to have been lying in the van.
The district court found a co-defendant guilty of complicity in commercial poaching. However, it refrained from punishment because the 33-year-old had already testified extensively before the trial began. He was said to have contributed to the investigation of the crime. The man is said to have helped remove the traces, but did not shoot.