murder trial
15-year-old sentenced to ten years in prison
In the murder trial of a 15-year-old, the Hanover Regional Court has imposed a youth sentence of ten years. photo
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A teenager has been on trial in Hanover since July. The accusation: murder of a playmate of the same age at the time. The district court in Hanover has now made its decision.
The murder trial was not public, details of the verdict were not given. The violent death of the teenager caused a nationwide shock at the end of January. The two then 14-year-olds had met to play in late January, but only one of them returned home. The second boy’s father reported his son missing.
During the search, the other eighth grader reportedly told police that he had killed and hidden his playmate. The boy’s body was eventually found on the derelict site of a former nursery. According to the prosecutor’s office, the victim was said to have been tied up and beaten to death with stones. An autopsy determined blunt force as the cause of death.
There may have been an accomplice: “There are indications that another young person may have been present or involved in the act,” said the spokeswoman for the Hanover public prosecutor’s office. According to information from the German Press Agency, the accused spoke about a possible participant in the process. The investigation is ongoing.