Overview

• The Federal Court of Justice dismissed the federal prosecutor’s appeal, making the 2024 acquittal legally final (case no. 3 StR 534/24).
• The defendant, portrayed in reports as a leading figure in Saarlouis’s early-1990s skinhead scene, was accused of motivating the attack through remarks on the night of the crime.
• The Koblenz court determined he may have encouraged the perpetrator but that prosecutors failed to prove intent to instigate a specific arson attack.
• The 1991 fire at an asylum residence killed 27-year-old Samuel Yeboah and injured others, with 20 residents escaping the building.
• The principal offender was convicted of murder under juvenile law and sentenced to six years and ten months, a judgment final since January 2025.