Overview

• Judges convicted the defendant of murder for base motives and imposed life imprisonment on Tuesday in Darmstadt.
• The killing occurred in the victim’s Bensheim apartment in December 2024 after the man initially claimed she had died by suicide.
• The couple’s daughter witnessed the attack and testified in court, and a forensic report ruled out self-inflicted wounds.
• The defendant reversed earlier denials and entered a confession only at the end of the trial.
• Prosecutors had sought a murder conviction while the defense argued for manslaughter, and the verdict is not yet final; the judge said the late confession spared a finding of particular severity of guilt.