Overview
- In Schwerin, the 25-year-old admitted the February stabbing, triggering a negotiated sentencing band of five years six months to seven years.
- Prosecutors say he used a 13-centimeter knife to deliver multiple blows, and he was arrested in the UK on a European warrant before May extradition.
- A verdict in the Schwerin case is expected in January, pending the court’s assessment of the confession’s credibility.
- In Lübeck, a 22-year-old went on trial over an April fatal stabbing in a Trittau club, with prosecutors citing witness accounts and videos that do not show the moment of the stab.
- The state describes a single 28-second clash ending with one stab that pierced the lung, while the defense says a borrowed knife was used defensively, with hearings set through December toward a possible March verdict.