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14-Year-Old Receives Six-Year Sentence for Shooting Friend Blind

The Rottweil youth court cited anger, fascination with weapons and video game disinhibition in finding he accepted the possibility of his friend’s death.

Haupteingang des Gerichtsgebäudes in Rottweil.
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Weil er einem zwölfjährigen Freund mit einer Schreckschusswaffe in die Schläfe schoss, ist ein 14-Jähriger vom Landgericht im baden-württembergischen Rottweil zu sechs Jahren Jugendstrafe verurteilt worden. Das teilte das Gericht mit.

Overview

  • The December incident occurred in the defendant’s bedroom in Dietingen-Irslingen when he shot his 12-year-old friend in the right temple with a modified blank-firing gun.
  • Judges convicted him of attempted murder in conjunction with serious and dangerous bodily harm and handed down six years in juvenile detention on July 14.
  • The court applied the concept of conditional intent, ruling that the teenager knew and accepted the risk of his friend’s potential death.
  • Magistrates highlighted a mix of anger, personal humiliation, weapon fascination and reduced restraint from video games as influencing his actions despite no concrete motive.
  • He remains in pre-sentence custody awaiting the verdict’s finalization and has expressed remorse through his lawyer, saying he would undo the act if he could.