Overview
- The ARD/BR film uses the case of 20-year-old Anna-Lena—killed by her ex-partner with six stab wounds and a throat cut—to examine systemic gaps in prevention and enforcement.
- Before the killing on January 30, 2025, she had reported stalking, an axe attack, and strangulation, yet authorities issued only a 10‑meter personal and 25‑meter home approach order with no detention.
- Seven months later the Landgericht Stendal convicted the defendant of bodily injury and manslaughter, sentencing him to 13 years in prison, a now-final verdict that the family condemns as inadequate.
- A court spokesperson defended the original distance order in part but conceded larger exclusion zones could have been warranted, reflecting official recognition of insufficient safeguards.
- Reporting highlights rising violence—265,942 recorded offenses against women in 2024, up 24% since 2019—and explores responses from legal reclassification of femicide to GPS ankle monitoring that remains unevenly adopted across states and is not foolproof.