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Verdict expected in Ayleen’s alleged murder trial
The defendant is said to have strangled the student Ayleen and sunk her into a lake. photo
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The suspected murderer of 14-year-old student Ayleen has to prepare for a long prison sentence. Both the public prosecutor and his defense attorneys assume murder. The verdict is due to come today.
In the trial of the alleged The verdict for the murder of 14-year-old Ayleen from Baden-Württemberg is expected today in the Gießen regional court.
The 30-year-old defendant is said to have abducted the girl from her hometown of Gottenheim near Freiburg in July last year, taken her to a forest near Langgöns in the Gießen district and tried to rape her there. Finally, he is said to have strangled the girl and sunk her in a lake. The man is accused of, among other things, murder, attempted rape resulting in death and coercion.
The public prosecutor sees the guilt as particularly serious
The public prosecutor’s office had requested a life sentence for murder and sees the guilt as particularly serious. In addition, senior public prosecutor Thomas Hauburger asked the court to order preventive detention for the German, who was convicted of a sexual offense as a teenager and was housed in a psychiatric facility for years. This enforcement measure had no effect, said Hauburger and added: “If we cannot reach an offender, he must be taken into custody because our society must be protected from such offenders.” The man should not be given the opportunity to kill another girl.
The 30-year-old himself said in a statement read out by his defense attorney that the student had provoked and insulted him, so he got angry and killed her. Like Hauburger, his defense attorneys also assume murder, but in their plea they rejected the particular gravity of the guilt because the defendant could not be proven to have attempted rape and a sexual motive for the crime. After the arguments, the 30-year-old spoke for the first time on day 14 of the trial and briefly expressed his regret: He was joining the defense, “and I’m sorry,” he said.