Overview

• The 31-year-old was found guilty of two counts of attempted aggravated robbery, dangerous bodily harm and aggravated robbery after forcibly entering his Kreuzberg flat and assaulting his subtenant and the victim’s sister with pepper spray.
• He was given a prison term of four years and eight months, less than the seven years prosecutors sought under a classification of a legally “less severe” case.
• Judges emphasized that German tenancy law requires a formal written termination and precludes immediate eviction through violence.
• Court records show he had illegally sublet his Jobcenter-funded apartment for €500, conduct his defense said likely amounted to social-benefits fraud.
• He remains in pretrial detention and the verdict is not legally binding as he disputes allegations of a kicking incident and the theft of a phone and cash.