Status: 11/17/2022 1:03 p.m
In the trial for the “NSU 2.0” threatening letter, the accused was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison. According to the judges, the 54-year-old had written hateful letters to public figures.
A 54-year-old has been sentenced to five years and ten months in prison by the Frankfurt am Main Regional Court for numerous threatening letters to public figures. The court found Alexander M. guilty of threats and insults, among other things. The messages were signed “NSU 2.0”.
Presiding judge Corinna Distler charged him with a variety of offenses, including public encouragement to commit a crime, threats, insults, coercion, disturbing the public peace and incitement to hatred. (AZ: 5/17 KLs – 6190 Js 216386/21 (24/21)). The public prosecutor had demanded a prison sentence of seven years and six months for M.
The defendant denied all allegations
In a final presentation, the accused denied all allegations. These are not occupied. Prosecutors and police spread lies to cast suspicion on him as an alleged lone perpetrator, he said. He was only a member of a right-wing chat group on the dark web, but had not committed any crimes. After one year and seven months in pre-trial detention, he applied for an exemption from detention subject to suitable conditions.
Between August 2018 and March 2021, more than 80 threatening letters were sent by email, fax or SMS. These were peppered with wild insults and death threats. Addressees were primarily women in public life: lawyers, politicians, journalists and public prosecutors. The letters were signed “Heil Hitler”. The term “NSU 2.0” alluded to the right-wing extremist group that murdered nine migrants and a police officer from 2000 to 2007.