Overview

• The four women, aged 25 to 30, drugged an 88-year-old man in Berlin with lorazepam and robbed his apartment in February 2023.
• The victim, a devout Catholic who let the women in out of goodwill, died six weeks later from pneumonia linked to the overdose.
• The court ruled the overdose directly contributed to the victim's death, sentencing the women to prison terms ranging from 4½ to 11 years.
• Two of the women had prior convictions for similar crimes, and three were extradited from Romania and Switzerland for prosecution.
• The verdict is not yet final, and defense teams are expected to appeal the sentences.