Suche
Mein Konto
Court overturns murder charge against former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette
A former RAF terrorist has let go of a murder charge, which could lead to a possible lower sentence.
Court overturns murder charge against former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette
In a groundbreaking ruling, the Verden regional court overturned the murder charge against former RAF terrorist Daniela Klette. This could result in a lesser sentence for the 66-year-old as the most serious charge no longer exists. However, details of the reasons for the decision were not released by the judges, leaving the trial and its outcome in a nebulous light.
After the public prosecutor's office originally assumed it was an attempted murder, the court decided otherwise. It is now assumed that there was a conditional intent to kill, from which the shooter withdrew. This obviously did not correspond to the assumptions of the prosecution, which linked Klette and her accomplices to serious crimes, including robberies of money transporters and supermarkets in Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein.
The allegations in detail
The alleged perpetrator is suspected of being involved, together with Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub, in robberies in which a total of over 2.7 million euros were stolen. In particular, a robbery in Stuhr in June 2015 caused a stir: a gunman is said to have fired several times at a cash-in-transit truck, with two shots penetrating the driver's cab. Fortunately, the money messengers were unharmed in this dangerous incident.
Although the public prosecutor's office assessed this incident as an attempted murder, the court has now revised this assessment. This verdict could have far-reaching consequences for Klette, her co-defendants and the further course of the proceedings.
Given the complexity of the cases and the possibility that the verdict will lead to a more lenient sentence, it remains to be seen how the situation surrounding Daniela Klette and the trial will develop. This not only fuels the burgeoning public discussion about the legal framework and the assessment of murder allegations, but also raises it to a broader social level.
This decision by the Verden Regional Court remains an exciting topic that contains both legal and social explosiveness, especially in the context of Germany's history with the RAF.
For further information about the case and the corresponding legal implications, we refer to the reporting by South German newspaper and the assessments of Picture.